Yes. Take it apart. Not easy to do, but they do come apart in some way. Then examine all the parts to see what is bent / jamming / whatever. After that, it is easy. alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.alanstepney.info Model Engineering, Steam Engine, and Railway technical pages. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Rayner" <dennis.rayner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 5:59 PM Subject: [modeleng] Damaged 4 jaw chuck Hi all, I have damaged the 4 jaw chuck which came with my very secondhand, very old ML7. The chuck didn't have a key - only an allen key and (I know I shouldn't have) I put a 12" length of copper tube over the key to make sure that the item being held wouldn't move. Now all 4 adjusting screws are very tight to turn, making it very difficult to feel just how much I am tightening the grip. If I remove the jaws, the screws are still quite stiff to turn so it seems I have damaged them rather than the jaws. I have spoken to the (very helpful) spares dept at Myford quoting all the ID I can get off the chuck and backplate in the forlorn hope that I might still get the screws but to no avail. The only thing I can now think of is to run the screws in and out using my cordless drill with some Valve Grinding Paste on the threads. Drastic I know but I wonder if anyone can think of a better approach? Christmas greetings to the group. It's fun to belong! Dennis -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.5.4 - Release Date: 15/12/2004 MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.