I'm doing some work on my South Bend "Heavy 10" cross slide. I noticed that the oil hole that lubes one of the feed screw bearings is not aligned with the hole on the feed screw assembly. When the feed screw assembly is tightened it is misaligned as shown by the orange dot in the photo. My first instinct is to cut a shim and place it between the cross slide body and the feed screw assembly making sure the shim thickness provides alignment. I could redrill the oil hole but I don't want to weaken the part plus it could get out of alignment again. Does a shim seem like the best fix?
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17 years ago