Chuck maintenance – Darex XT-3000A User Manual
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Chuck Maintenance
Chuck maintenance is very important. To sustain
the life of your chucks and to maintain precision
lip height concentricity, clean the chucks on a
regular basis. Some tools are necessary to
disassemble the chuck, You will need: Wrench
PP16480SF (Optional)
Disassembly:
The use of a dust extraction system while
grinding will help reduce the amount of
maintenance necessary, however, periodically
the chuck assembly should be disassembled and
cleaned.
1. Place flats of chuck body into a vice.
2. Place chuck
wrench on dogs of
chuck knob
assembly.
3. Rotate wrench
counterclockwise to
remove chuck
knob/jaw assembly
from chuck body.
4. Using a 2.5 mm hex
wrench, remove set screw.
5. The internal
pieces must remain
keyed in order to
remove the closing
screw from the
chuck knob
assembly. Insert the
2.5 mm wrench, into
the set screw hole.
6. Rotate chuck knob
counterclockwise until
the wrench reaches the
top of the slot.
7. Remove wrench and
reinsert into the set
screw hole above the
slot.
General Maintenance