Subject: Re: another Champion question

From: Robert Ehrenberger at mcctrp2 <[email-masked]>
Date: 25 Jul 96 10:39:00 EDT

New Text Item:  another Champion question
Vince,

There is a threaded hole in the case above the brass gear. There is supposed to 
be a fiber filled oil pot which has a slow drip onto the gear. I think that the 
intention is to keep the gear wet not to have an oil bath. Every week or two 
add oil to the drip pot and it will be O.K. If you don't have the oil pot just 
shoot some oil through to hole onto the brass gear.

Bob Ehrenberger

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Subject: another Champion question
Author:  [email-masked] (Vince Herod) @ INTERNET at NOTEMAIL
Date:    7/25/96 8:25 AM

Thanks to all who answered my question about what kind of oil to put in a 
Champion 400.  I followed the advice of the group and put in a good
quality
bar and chain oil and unfortunately now have another question.
Does anyone have a good solution for stoping the leak from the front bearing?
I would settle for even slowing it down.  I put in enough to cover the bottom 
spiral gear and the oil started pouring through the bearing.  Did
I
put in too much?  The cap that covers the bearing was a little loose but 
tightening it did not seem to help.
Thanks to the group for all it's help and patience with beginners like me.
Vince Herod
Spotted Dog Forge
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From: [email-masked] (Katana ---/-----------)
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 13:07:07 GMT

>> Does anyone have a good solution for stoping the leak from the front  
Yes - replace it. The bearings are standard sized (even to this day) - take
the old bearings after carefully tapping them out of the case to your local
bearing dealer and get a new set exactly the same size and DEPTH. Tap them
in with a little oil around them and you should stop the leak(s). You might
want to take dial calipers with you to check the sizing on the new ones to
make sure they didn't grab the wrong ones from the parts bin, too.  
 
>> I would settle for even slowing it down.  I put in enough to cover the 
 
You might try a silicone seal. The high temperature breakdown is about 450f
if I remember right so it might just work. However, if the  leak is from
the moving parts of the bearing, replacement is your option. The bearings
(full set) are less than $20. The dirt in rebuilding one of these little
gems is enormous. But, hey - we're smiths, so we must LIKE dirt, ey? 
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               Bill Wyant 
   Swordsmith / Art Blacksmith 
Avalon Ironworks, Ft. Wayne, IN 
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