Karl Townsend wrote:

HELP. I’m in deep **** now!

I’m rebuilding my Excello CNC spindle. I’ve taken it down as far as I
can and have a REAL problem. I can’t get the drawbar out and that’s
preventing me from getting the spindle apart.

Here’s three pictures showing my spindle. Along side it is a donor
machine spindle shaft and quill cartridge. Not exactly the same as no
drawbar but its from another Excello
http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/spindle_1.jpg
http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/spindle_2.jpg
http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/spindle_3.jpg

At the top of the unit there was a 7/8 hex (see wrench in pictures) so
i tried to turn it. Wouldn’t go until I used a three foot cheater bar.
Now it goes round and round fairly easy, but it wasn’t a thread.

I can see this part is attached to the top of the spline on the
spindle and must be removed to complete the disassembly.

Ideas?

Karl

Dunno what you have for docs, but I found this at archive.org:
http://wpnet.us/Excello602manual.pdf it includes some spindle exploded
diagrams.