I recently purchased a Grizzly G0768 lathe and am in the process of making sure everything was lubricated. I removed the nut from the end of the leadscrew and pulled out one of the two thrust bearings. Found it to be completely dry, no lubrication whatsoever. So before I get carried away with dismantling the bracket to access the front bearing I thought I had better check in here and see if that is normal. I while back I had to change out one of the leadscrews on my new milling machine and found the thrust bearings had very,very little lube on them. Perhaps they need it?
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