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Accu-Turn 8944 Operation And Maintenance Manual

Multi-speed brake lathe system
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When ordering parts contact your local
Distributor, give Serial # of your machine
and the date purchased; this will help in
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04\97 500
#436311
MULTI-SPEED BRAKE LATHE SYSTEM
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
List of Standard Equipment
Brake Lathe Specifications
Acceptance from Carrier
Safety Information
Assembly of Lathe
Operation Procedures
Multi-Speed Settings
Inspection
Drums or Rotors
Flywheels
Diagrams
Parts List
Additional Diagrams
Warranty
ACCU TURN
MODEL 8944
For Records and Information:
Date Recv __________
Serial # ____________
Rep Name__________

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  • Page 1 ACCU TURN MULTI-SPEED BRAKE LATHE SYSTEM MODEL 8944 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL PAGE List of Standard Equipment Brake Lathe Specifications Acceptance from Carrier 3 - 7 Safety Information Assembly of Lathe 9 - 14 Operation Procedures Multi-Speed Settings Inspection Drums or Rotors...
  • Page 2 CONGRATULATIONS ... You have just purchased the finest brake lathe in the world today. Your ACCU-Turn Lathe high quality, precision engineered product designed to give you years of trouble free service. To familiarize yourself with all its features, please take the time to Read This Owner's Manual Carefully.
  • Page 3 STANDARD ACCESSORIES INCLUDED WITH THE 8944 MULTI-SPEED BRAKE LATHE 1 Draw Bar with Hex Nut and Washer 1 T-Bolt with Nut and Washer 1 Spacer Block for Twin Cutter Attachment 2 Large Bell Clamps 2 Small Bell Clamps 3 Centering Cones...
  • Page 4 Feeds Per Spindle Revolution: (Infinitely Variable) Disc -------------------------------- .001"-.010" Drum -------------------------------- .0015"-.015" Motor ----------------------------------------- 1 Horsepower Weight: Net --------------------------------- 474 lbs. Ship Wt. ---------------------------- 535 lbs. ACCEPTANCE FROM TRANSPORTATION CARRIER Carefully inspect all items received in this shipment. there is damage or evidence of mishandling in transit, determine the extent of damage and notify the transit company as well as ACCU Industries, Inc.
  • Page 5 Use care in handling machined parts. Securing the Machine: The model 8944 weighs approximately 470 pounds and must be bolted to an ACCU-TURN Heavy duty Floor Stand or a bench capable of supporting the machine, its accessories and workpiece. Grounding the Machine:...
  • Page 6 Use only 3-wire extension cords that have 3-prong grounding plugs and 3-pole receptacles that accept the lathe's plug. Repair or replace damaged or worn cord immediately. This lathe is intended for use on a circuit that has an outlet that looks like the one illustrated in Sketch A in Figure 4.1. tool grounding plug...
  • Page 7 the work area will lighted. Work Area: Keep the floor around the machine clean and free of foreign materials. ACCU Industries recommends the anti-skid floor strips where operator normally stands, and that each machine has its own work area marked off.
  • Page 8 is tipped or if the cutting tool is unintentionally contacted. Machine Capacity: Do not attempt to use the machine for other than passenger car and light truck drums, discs and flywheels, or for operations for which the machine was not intended.
  • Page 9 NEVER CLEAN THE MACHINE WITH THE POWER ON. Replacement Parts: Use only ACCU-TURN replacement parts and accessories, risk of injury may result if accessories other than those recommended are used. USE OF PARTS OTHER THAN ACCU- TURN PARTS WILL VOID THE WARRANTY.

  • Page 10: Operation

    ACCU-TURN MULTI-SPEED BRAKE LATHE OPERATION PROCEDURES OPERATION The 8944 Multi-Speed Lathe has multiple spindle speeds and infinitely variable cross feeds (.001 to .010 per revolution) to accommodate a wide range of machining tasks. It is important to remember that the desired surface finish depends on the correct relationship of the spindle speed with the cross feed speed.
  • Page 11 SAE 10W oil or equivalent, and check gear box by removing vented plug on top rear of housing. Oil level should be about 2 inches from the top. If needed, use MOBIL Synthetic Gear Oil - SHC 634 (ACCU-Turn #430866). Capacity is one quart. DO NOT OVER-FILL. Electrical Information...

  • Page 12: Mounting And Machining Procedures

    The Off-On switch is located to the right end of the main housing. Never operate machine unless power supply agrees with electrical plate rating and machine is properly grounded. ACCU-TURN 8944 MULTI-SPEED BRAKE LATHE MOUNTING AND MACHINING PROCEDURES Inspection of Brake Drums, Disc Rotors & Flywheels Before Machining...
  • Page 13 Select proper size bell clamps and slide one on the arbor. Slide spring on the arbor. Find the centering cone adapter that fits the center hole of the drum or rotor and slide it on the arbor. Slide the drum or rotor on the arbor and then the other bell clamp.
  • Page 14 Use adapters or spacers as necessary to space out to the end of the arbor. (See example on page 15) Double tapered radius adapters may be used as spacers. Add alignment washers (make sure they are concave to convex) and hex nut then tighten. not shock load, jerk or over tighten.
  • Page 15 loosening the locking screw on top of the tool bars so that bars will move freely when calibrated knobs turned. Adjust cutter bars to remove the minimum amount required to finish the rotor in one cut. DO NOT MACHINE A ROTOR TO LESS THAN MANUFACTURER'S SPECIFICATIONS.
  • Page 16 Advance the twin cutter by handwheel until the tool bits have cleared the inner edge of the rotor face. Adjust the micrometer knobs for approximately .005 more than the first reading. This will ensure finishing the rotor in one cut. Some rotors may require optional "Zero"...

  • Page 17: Parts List

    FOR INFORMATION ON SPECIAL APPLICATIONS, CONTACT YOUR ACCU-TURN DISTRIBUTOR OR CALL ACCU INDUSTRIES AT (804)798-8922 Sharp Tools Are Vital To Satisfactory Operation When ordering supplies or replacement parts for this machine, always give the model # and serial # of the machine.
  • Page 18 PROPER MOUNTING OF HUBLESS ROTOR OR DRUM...
  • Page 19 PROPER MOUNTING OF HUBBED ROTOR OR DRUM...
  • Page 20 PROPER MOUNTING OF FLYWHEEL...

  • Page 21: Drive Assembly

    SEALED BEARING MOUNTING 436271 DRIVE ASSEMBLY (OPTIONAL) SEALED BEARING ASSEMBLY The 436271 drive assembly can be used on all industry standard 1" and smaller arbors to allow resurfacing of drums and rotors with sealed bearings, without having to remove the bearing assembly. The above illustrates a drum from a Ford Probe.
  • Page 22 6------------433605-------------1---------SPINDLE 7------------433618-------------1---------BEARING, CONE 8------------433619-------------1---------BEARING, CUP 9------------433616-------------1---------BEARING, CONE 10------------433772-------------1---------BEARING, CUP 11------------433622-------------1---------SEAL 12------------431146-------------1---------SEAL 13------------433620-------------1---------SEAL 14------------408129-------------1---------SEAL 15------------433611-------------1---------SHIM 16------------433612-------------1---------SHIM 17------------433613-------------1---------SHIM 18------------411342-------------1---------KEY 19------------435254-------------1---------GEAR, WORM 20------------433974-------------1---------SCREW, SET 21------------408365-------------1---------LOCK WASHER 22------------408364-------------1---------LOCK NUT 23------------435253-------------1---------SHAFT, WORM 24------------433614-------------2---------BEARING, CONE 25------------433615-------------2---------BEARING, CUP 26------------433608-------------1---------CARRIER, BRG. 27------------421643-------------1---------GASKETS 28------------411389-------------4---------SCREW 29------------420149-------------1---------SEAL 30------------433628-------------1---------DOVE TAIL, BOTTOM 31------------433634-------------4---------SCREW 32------------433790-------------2---------WEAR STRIP ASSY.
  • Page 23 51------------411378-------------4---------SCREW 52------------417258-------------2---------SCREW 53------------436111-------------1---------SHEAVE 54------------436209-------------6---------SCREW 55------------434384-------------2---------ASSY. SHIFTING YOKE 56------------434016-------------2---------COLLAR 57------------421431-------------2---------KEY 58------------436107-------------2---------DRIVE ADAPTER 59------------433974-------------2---------SCREW, SET 60------------433653-------------2---------GEAR, SPUR 55 TEETH 61------------433655-------------2---------SPRING, CONICAL 62------------433654-------------2---------WASHER 63------------421077-------------2---------RING, RETAINING EXT. 64------------433651-------------2---------GEAR, SPUR 70 TEETH 65------------433649-------------2---------SWITCH, LIMIT 68------------433908-------------2---------COVER, FEEDBOX HSING 69------------434017-------------2---------SNAP-IN NYLINER 70------------433909-------------2---------HANDLE, SHIFTER 71------------433974-------------8---------SCREW, SET 72------------1A2169-------------2---------SPRING 73------------408373-------------2---------BALL 75------------436116-------------2---------D.C.
  • Page 24 82B-----------433666-------------1---------HANDLE, REVOLVING 82C-----------433669-------------1---------DECAL, CAL 0-80 DRUM 82D-----------408409-------------1---------SCREW 82E-----------433974-------------1---------SCREW 83------------433829-------------1---------HANDWHEEL ASSY. ROTOR 83A-----------433665-------------1---------HANDWHEEL 83B-----------433666-------------1---------HANDLE, REVOLVING 83C-----------433781-------------1---------DECAL, CAL 0-95 RTR 83D-----------408409-------------1---------SCREW 83E-----------433974-------------1---------SCREW, SET 84------------433729-------------1---------BASE, MOTOR ASSY. ITEM # PARTS # QTY. REQ'D. DESCRIPTION 85------------434572-------------1---------SHAFT, MOTOR PVT. 86------------434228-------------3---------SCREW, SET 87------------434573-------------1---------MOTOR 115/230 VOLT 1 PHASE, 1 H.P. 88------------434574-------------4---------WASHER 89------------434575-------------4---------SCREW 90------------433671-------------1---------SHEAVE...
  • Page 25 119------------436275-------------1---------DECAL, MULTI-SPEED 120------------436276-------------1---------DECAL, 8944 121------------433633-------------1---------BOLT, T SLOT 122------------433777-------------1---------HOLDER, BORING BAR 123------------4B4280-------------1---------WASHER 124------------433617-------------1---------NUT, HEAVY HEX. 125------------433778-------------1---------BORING BAR 126------------433780-------------2---------SCREW, SET 127------------433779-------------1---------HOLDER, TOOL BIT 128------------433771-------------1---------SCREW, SET 129------------433717-------------3---------CARBIDE BIT & SCREW 130------------434009-------------1---------CAP PLUG 131------------433974-------------4---------SCREW, SET 132------------434199-------------1---------WAY WIPER ASSY. CTR. 134------------421431-------------2---------KEY 135------------436115-------------1---------VARIABLE CONTROLLER 136------------436267-------------2---------SCREW, SET...
  • Page 26 433750 TWIN CUTTER ASSEMBLY PARTS LIST ITEM # PARTS # QTY. REQ'D. DESCRIPTION 300------------433752-------------1--------BASE, TWIN CUTTER 301------------433753-------------1--------BASE, TENSION BAR 302------------433754-------------1--------BASE, POINTER 303------------433755-------------1--------TOOL HOLDER, R.H. 304------------433756-------------1--------TOOL HOLDER, L.H. 305------------433757-------------1--------TENSION BAR 306------------433758-------------1--------POINTER 307------------433759-------------1--------ADJUSTING WHEEL 308------------433760-------------2--------ADJUSTMENT SCREW 309------------433761-------------2--------CALIB. WHEEL R.T. 311------------433763-------------1--------TOOL BIT HOLDER R.H. 312------------434286-------------1--------TOOL BIT HOLDER-ZERO ANGLE 314------------433765-------------2--------SCREW, SHOULDER...
  • Page 27 STANDARD ACCESSORIES ITEM # PARTS # QTY. REQ'D. DESCRIPTION 200------------433702-------------1--------BAR, DRAW 201------------4B4280-------------1--------WASHER 202------------433617-------------1--------NUT, HEAVY HEX. 203------------433703-------------2--------PLATE, FACE 1 204------------433704-------------2--------PLATE, FACE 2 205------------433705-------------1--------CENTERING CONE,DRUM #1 206------------433706-------------1--------CENTERING CONE,DRUM #2 207------------433707-------------1--------CENTERING CONE,DRUM #3 208------------433708-------------1--------ADAPTER #1 209------------433709-------------1--------ADAPTER #2 210------------433710-------------1--------ADAPTER #3 211------------433711-------------1--------ADAPTER #4 212------------433617-------------1--------NUT, HEAVY, HEX. 213------------433712-------------1--------SPACER, ARBOR 214------------433715-------------1--------WASHER, ASSY.

  • Page 38: Limited Warranty

    LIMITED WARRANTY Accu Industries, Inc. ("Seller") provides a one year limited warranty on parts and labor on all goods manufactured by it, including this product. The sole and exclusive warranty which Seller makes with respect to this product and all parts and accessories thereto which are sold by Seller is a warranty limited to defects in material or workmanship for a period of one year form the date of original purchase by Buyer from Seller.