"JB Weld" Epoxy.  It is a mixture of two part epoxy and steel powder.   Get
it at any auto parts store or Home Depot.

On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 10:30 AM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:

> Greetings all;
>
> I went tp play with the lathe after reboot the rpi4 with cpu_freq raised
> to 800 megs.
>
> All of a sudden the spindle tach got noisy, then quit. removeing the
> heads lid, I could see a good coat of the 5w20 I've been useing for
> spindle oil had flung out of the side face of the bronze bearing and
> given my encoder assembly a good coat of it.
>
> Removeing it for a better look I found 2 of the 667's loose with signs of
> the bull gear touching them, with one having vibrated enough to break
> its wraping wire connections. They were glued into pockets machined in
> the mounting bracket which if the glue worked had them spaced about 5
> thou away from the bull gear in a curved alu bracket made of of 7075
> scrap. I've made a wooden c clamp with a #6 wood screw which is
> currently sitting with the point of the screw in the middle of the face
> of the loose index generating 667 after the alu was well washed by
> acetone and then filling its pocket in the bracket with shoe goop, same
> stuff as go-2.  And tomorrow I'll do the same with the other.
>
> Cleaned up with acetone of course.
>
> Previous attempts to glue then in place with super glue were very short
> lived, loose in a week.  Ditto with gelled super glue.
>
> The go-2 lasted about 2 years.
>
> What sort of glue can I use that can withstand an oily environment of
> light 00w20 for many years?
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett
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