super 7 headstock wick

I am about to remove the headstock spindle & have read that the wick lubricating the spindle needs to be held with a pin. Does the wick sit behind this grub screw & does the pin enter the wick after taking out this allen key?

The grub screw on the left (at the bottom of the backgear detent hole) sits in a groove in the backgear eccentric. It locates the eccentric sideways. It needs to be backed off a little to allow the eccentric to turn. The grubscrew is locked in position by a second grub screw at 90 degrees to the first and is inserted from the right.

Above the second grub screw is a third which is the one you remove to insert a pin into the wick. (I think that's the one marked 'allen key' in your photo). No need to use the pin when you strip out the spindle. You only need the pin on reassembly. Poke the wick down against the spring and hold it there out of the way with the pin until the spindle is in place. Then withdraw the pin and replace the grub screw.

Andrew M

Thanks Andrew for your help, from my manual I have this dia' but cant work out where the pin will go, does the retaining plug need to be removed? Or does the allen headed screw under the spindle (marked allen key on my photo) have to be removed ie is it in the place marked 4 on this drawing??

Take out the allen socket grub screw where you have marked 'allen key' on your photo and poke the pin in the hole which is more or less in line with the spot marked 4 in your diagram. No need to touch the retaining plug which you can't get at anyway without removing the headstock.

Andrew M

Many thanks Andrew for your time, will try it in a mo'

Rgds Dave