MM.........didn't that thing make a hell of a lot of noise in addition the heat thing when you had it running?
Barry
>
> >Thanks, good to know what it was. I think you got it now.
> >I have a 701C model I barely ever use. Three times I think. Wife says I
> >should sell it. You see I bought a bigger one after getting the 701. So
> >in truth, she let me buy a second one without sellling the one I just
> >bought first!
> >
> >John
>
> The parts just arrived, and it's truly frightening to see how
> disasterously ruined the current pulley is compared to the new one! I
> guess it's actually supposed to be solidly attached to the brass
> bushing that's currently rolling around inside my headstock.
>
> I repeat, and hopefully will make this clear - my current piece
> actually has one side of the pulley just rolling around on the brass
> fitting, insttead of firmly attached to it. I thought it was supposed
> to be like that, but that is clearly NOT how it's supposed to go. Kind
> of like driving on barre wheels because you assumed that, since there
> were no tires, that must be how the car runs!!!
>
> Yikes. I'll replace this NOW. I'll report later on the improvements,
> but I expect there to be a hole lot more speed and a whole lot less > slippage. >
> Mark