Hi all,
I took the plunge and bought myself a second hand mig to learn to weld with (Gordon will be proud )
Anyway, the wire spool on it looked rusty so I cut the wire going into the liner and took the spool off to remove the rusted wire.
When I put the wire spool back on I noticed the wing nut which holds the wire spool onto the spindle goes all the way to the end of the thread on the spindel.
This means that the wire just free spins even with the wingnut wound all the way in. (no friction braking)
I looked up the user manual online and it shows a spacer in there which would stop the wing-nut getting to the end of the thread on the spindle and allow the friction brake to work.
My question is can someone please give me the dimensions of this spacer so I can get something to do the job from a local hardware store?
Also, the spindle which the wire spool sits on has a key-way on it. Does this have a function?? Hopefully the pic below will clarify what I mean.
Thanks for looking!
Pete
I took the plunge and bought myself a second hand mig to learn to weld with (Gordon will be proud )
Anyway, the wire spool on it looked rusty so I cut the wire going into the liner and took the spool off to remove the rusted wire.
When I put the wire spool back on I noticed the wing nut which holds the wire spool onto the spindle goes all the way to the end of the thread on the spindel.
This means that the wire just free spins even with the wingnut wound all the way in. (no friction braking)
I looked up the user manual online and it shows a spacer in there which would stop the wing-nut getting to the end of the thread on the spindle and allow the friction brake to work.
My question is can someone please give me the dimensions of this spacer so I can get something to do the job from a local hardware store?
Also, the spindle which the wire spool sits on has a key-way on it. Does this have a function?? Hopefully the pic below will clarify what I mean.
Thanks for looking!
Pete