[TheForge] Powermig 110

[John Husvar]

On 8/22/06 5:04 PM, "mpaietta" <mpaietta at iglide.net> wrote:

>        I had a problem with a Lincoln that I borrowed where
> the wire would not    feed or would stutter. it was a 125.
> What I found out was the wing nut would    tighten as I used
> it and would lock down the spool. There was a key slot in
> the spool stud, so I took some wire bent it around the wing
> nut the took both    ends of the wire and pushed it in the
> key slot. This kept the wing nut from    tightening. May or
> may not be your problem.
>    Good luck
>    Martin

There should be an Allen head setscrew inside the spool axle on a Lincoln.
(It's really a tube threaded on the inside on the WeldPak-155 I have.)

The setscrew provides a stop for the spool retainer thumbscrew to adjust the
drag on the spool. It also keeps the spool thumbscrew from tightening itself
as the spool turns, dragging on it until it stalls the spool and you get one
of those wonderful burnbacks into the tip. :).

This is not well documented in the manual and it's easy to overlook.