Michael Orticelli
Member
I have a low profile positioning vise that I purchased from GRS about 4 months ago, and was very happy with it although I can only practice here and there and not often, so the vise has been used very little so far.
The problem I am having is that without having opened it up before, it one day (keep in mind this is without having used it since the last time it worked just fine) it had this horrible grinding and sticking feeling in the swivel action.
I took the top off and removed the bearing plate, cleaned both top and bottom race very well, and sprayed out the bearings with wd-40, then used my steam cleaner to blow everything out of them. I checked them and couldn't find any debris. So I packed them with Lithium grease and reassembled the vise, only to have the very same problem.
I called GRS and of course they will replace the vise, but it seems like alot of wasted effort for both me and the company to send this heavy tool back if it is just a simple thing to fix.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. I think I am going to try the same process again and see if cleaning it out works the second time. I would prefer not to send it back but it really is a noticable hesitation and it will stick in the middle of a spin which of course disrupts the line. The strangest thing is that the vise was completely unused from the last time when it worked flawlessly, I go to use it again after a week or so and it feels like someone put sand in my bearings...
Weird. Thanks!
Michael
The problem I am having is that without having opened it up before, it one day (keep in mind this is without having used it since the last time it worked just fine) it had this horrible grinding and sticking feeling in the swivel action.
I took the top off and removed the bearing plate, cleaned both top and bottom race very well, and sprayed out the bearings with wd-40, then used my steam cleaner to blow everything out of them. I checked them and couldn't find any debris. So I packed them with Lithium grease and reassembled the vise, only to have the very same problem.
I called GRS and of course they will replace the vise, but it seems like alot of wasted effort for both me and the company to send this heavy tool back if it is just a simple thing to fix.
If anyone has any suggestions, I would appreciate it. I think I am going to try the same process again and see if cleaning it out works the second time. I would prefer not to send it back but it really is a noticable hesitation and it will stick in the middle of a spin which of course disrupts the line. The strangest thing is that the vise was completely unused from the last time when it worked flawlessly, I go to use it again after a week or so and it feels like someone put sand in my bearings...
Weird. Thanks!
Michael