Recent content by JohnLoft

Cheers, this is exactly what it was.

All sorted! I took the belt off and spun large pulley 2 which created the strange noise, which turned out to be the inner of the pulley rubbing on the shaft. It was quite gunked up too so I give that a clean and sprayed with liquid PTFE and it spins with a lot less resistance now. All working...

Interesting. I haven't checked yet but i think you are right, the new cog labelled "1" in the picture had no bearings and was simply plastic over the bolt. Now I come to think of it, the belt was on before I had replaced cog 1, and had not slipped when I had it running. Only slipped upon...

I'll check bearings tomorrow, hopefully it's just that as would be an easy fix. Cheers for input mate

Here's a video of the belt slipping

There is a slight wobble on the wheel, I'm not sure if it's enough to cause the belt to slip though. The two large cogs look good still and are attached to the chain and not the belt so not sure that's connected. The noise it makes before it slips surely has something to do with it but I can't...

I would appreciate any advice regarding a problem with my hc260 I've recently rescued from a skip. I've recently replaced cog number 1 with a metabo like for like replacement. Upon running the machine though the belt from the blade that spins pulley 2 is making a strange noise and slipping off...

Hi Richard, Do you still have this fence? Im currently restoring an old 1992 model and think this might fit and be one of the parts I'm missing. Would be interested in buying it if you still have it. Cheers, John