Lathe head stock leaking oil

[roofman]

My Harrison has started to have a slight weep under the nose..there is a cover held on by 3 cap head screws. My question is does this cover come off by pulling back from head stock and are the seals available if any...pic shows the cover and where its leaking.

 

[Brad93]

It's a labyrinth seal.
No the cap doesn't come aw

My Harrison has started to have a slight weep under the nose..there is a cover held on by 3 cap head screws. My question is does this cover come off by pulling back from head stock and are the seals available if any...pic shows the cover and where its leaking.

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ay without disassembling the whole spindle

 

[Brad93]

Mine needs doing, it's ever such a slight drip. But I won't bother doing it unless I'm going to do the bearings.

 

[doubleboost]

Mine leaks as well very slight
Get more from the Tumbler reverse handle

 

[roofman]

It's a labyrinth seal.
No the cap doesn't come aw

ay without disassembling the whole spindle

Come to think of it i don't mind a small weep now

 

[roofman]

Mine leaks as well very slight
Get more from the Tumbler reverse handle

get a bit from there too but i will leave that now as its starting to sound like a normal Harrison trait that has age under its belt.

 

[brightspark]

get a bit from there too but i will leave that now as its starting to sound like a normal Harrison trait that has age under its belt.

its character

 

[doubleboost]

As long as it is leaking there is plenty in there

 

[eLuSiVeMiTe]

As long as it is leaking there is plenty in there

Was just about to say it's when it stops leaking you need to worry.

 

[Bornfree]

As long as it is leaking there is plenty in there

The standard Landover owner answer

 

[daleyd]

I told my boss on a ship I worked on that the slight hydraulic weep was “natural lubrication” and would prevent things getting getting rusty

 

[brightspark]

I told my boss on a ship I worked on that the slight hydraulic weep was “natural lubrication” and would prevent things getting getting rusty

good job it wasn't a nuclear reactor