Restore your Acme-Gridley to like new condition with a Champion Rebuild or Recondition
Standard Rebuild Procedure
- Completely tear down machine
- Castings inspected for excessive wear
- Castings cleaned and painted
- All parts inspected, worn parts repaired or replaced
- New bevel gears
- New 29KK gear and 25H worm
- New 25GA gear and 42DD worm
- New bearings
- New rolls and studs
- New oil lines and filter
- All slides ground, fitted, and returned to center height
- Rebuild clutches with new parts
- Back end rebuilt; new spools, 9L and 24L shafts, guide bushings, feed rings, feed plate, chucking shoes, pusher tubes, collet tube and nuts
- Stock reel and stand rebuilt including new silent tubes
- Carrier rebuilt; stem ground and toolslide rebushed and fitted, new seals, spindles rebuilt, new front and rear retainers, front and rear oil flingers, keys, spindle gears and nuts, class 3 spindle bearings
- Rebuild coolant pump
- New drill holders
- New splash guards and spindle covers
- Rebuild chip conveyor
- Electrical system will remain as is, cleaned and re-installed
- Electrical system may be rewired per your instructions, price upon requests
- Air system; filter, regulator/oiler and air lines will be replaced
- New bushings, roll, and studs in index gear
- Re-conditioned main toolslide
- Re-conditioned locking pic and blocks
Quality Verifications
- Block test
- Radial test
- Tool slide straightness
- Carrier rock checked
- Carrier end play checked
- Spindle end play checked
- Spindle temperature checked
- Records forwarded with machine
Optional Major Repairs
- Head stock liners
- Spindle carrier bores
- Tooslide repairs
Standard Reconditioning Procedure
- Machine tear down (not including castings)
- Casting inspected for excessive wear
- Casting cleaned and outside of machine painted only
- Parts replaced as necessary
- Bearings, bushings, rolls and studs replaced as necessary
- Lubrication system cleaned, lines replaced as necessary
- All slides squared, fitted, and flaked
- Back end reconditioned; new 9L & 24L, new rolls and studs, new bronze bushings, new chucking shoes, new feed plates, new feed ring.
- Stock reel and stand cleaned and painted
- Carrier rebuilt including; stem ground and tool slide rebored, spindles rebuilt, new front retainers, new front and rear oil flingers, new class 3 bearings
- Coolant pump re-used
- New drill holders
- Splash guards re-used
- Chip conveyor cleaned and painted
- Electrical system cleaned and re-used
- Air system re-used
Quality Verifications
- Block test +.0015
- Radial test
- Toolslide straightness
- Carrier rock checked
- Carrier end play checked
- Spindle end play checked
- Spindle temperature checked
- Records forwarded with machine
Optional Major Repairs
- Head stock liners
- Spindle carrier bores
- Toolslide repairs