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tom

wrote:
When I turn the pulley nut, holding the spindle nut, the pulley just
revolves but does not back off the thread. It's rotating on the shaft
but is not engaging the threads at the back, so it won't come off. It
seems that it has gone onto the unthreaded portion of the spindle.

Joe

Have you tried driving a wedge or two
between the nut and the headstock to push the nut onto the threads? Tom