Having taken the four jaw of the ML7 tonight and put the three jaw on to do
some rough work, I thought that the four jaw could do with a bit more of a
clean up than it normally gets.

I'm sure that there is a simple method for removing the jaw screws from the
chuck body so that one can get the decades of crud out from behind them. Is it
as simple as driving out the retaining pins by using a pin punch
enthusiastically on the forked ends or is it much more difficult?


Expiring minds need to know.



Mark Rand
RTFM

<snip>
. Is it
>as simple as driving out the retaining pins by using a pin punch
>enthusiastically on the forked ends or is it much more difficult?
>
Yes - that's how mine came apart. Some models  have a rear cover that
needs to be removed first. As long as you can see the back of the
bosses of the stirups, then knock them out from the front.

Richard

On Aug 2, 10:20 am, Richard  wrote:
> <snip>
> . Is it>as simple as driving out the retaining pins by using a pin punch
> >enthusiastically on the forked ends or is it much more difficult?
>
> Yes - that's how mine came apart. Some models  have a rear cover that
> needs to be removed first. As long as you can see the back of the
> bosses of the stirups, then knock them out from the front.
>
> Richard

Mine had grub screws in the back which retained the forked retaining
pins.  Needed to remove these before applying the hammer.

Mike