New a little help with my Pro 1000

[mtk469]

Hopefully someone can help me out a little. I have a Lee Pro 1000 that I am getting ready to start loading on an I am getting my dies set etc. But I am having a little trouble getting the shellplate to index to the next station correctly. I have messed with the shell plate adjustment screw and I have tried to make sure that my strokes are consistent but to no avail. Am I doing something incorrect? Could there be something broken? Is there another screw for adjustments that I am not seeing? I have a second shell plate carrier assembly set up for 45 and it seems to index fine. Hopefully someone can give me some info before I end up having a maturity breakdown:banghead:
Please don't tell me to go out and buy a dillon as the pro 1000 is on my bench to stay for now.
Thanks,
Matt

 

[artjs]

the indexing is one of the hardest things to get correct.. I've already turned the indexing screw 6-8 times to get to a rough 'correct' index.

Once 'close', just keep running the arm and spinning the shell plate for at least a dozen 'perfect' spins so that it lines up every time. If you need to adjust, turn the screw and then spin the shell plate again a dozen 'perfect' times.

 

[jfh]

The adjustment screw parts can get damaged easily--the thread on the screw acts on a nylon piece that can strip.

Disassemble and check this--and order out (spare) parts as needed.

Jim H.

 

[evan price]

You can't just turn the screw with the press ram all the way at the bottom. You need to lift the shellplate up and then slightly down to engage the ratchet and get it to turn or you will just strip the nylon gear the steel screw engages.

What I do is raise the ram, then lower it so that the shellplate turns, but stop short of the primer punch touching the casting under the shellplate carrier, hold it there, then turn the phillips screw. The shellplate should turn easily with the screw now.

Turn the screw so the shellplate turns in the normal direction it rotates (Counter-clockwise). Don't try to go backwards such as if you over shoot- the ratchet only works ONE WAY and turning backwards won't help- keep going forward to the next position.

Turn the screw until the shellplate ALMOST reaches that ball bearing with the spring that locks it in position. Once you get close turn the screw slowly and gently until the force of the ball bearing/spring snaps the shellplate forward to line it up- when you see the shellplate moving because of the ball bearing, STOP TURNING THE SCREW and let the force of the spring & ball bearing rotate the shellplate into position.
Once it has stopped moving, turn the phillips screw EXACTLY one half turn more and stop (this takes up the slack from the ball bearing moving the shellplate off the ratchet). Try working the press a dozen cycles or so. See if it is in time- it should be, or real close. If it isn't, try doing the whole thing over, but this time, when the ball bearing snaps the shell plate around, turn the screw a little less than a half turn.

Sounds complicated, really isn't when you do it a few times.

 

[ants]

Paraphrased from the manufacturer's instructions:
Only turn the screw clockwise, never counterclockwise. With the ram all the way down (handle all the way up) keep turning the screw clockwise until the detent ball at the Bullet Seating station clicks into the shellplate. If there is a little play in the shellplate, turn the screw 1/8 to 1/4 turn clockwise to reduce the play, but never more than that. If you go too far, just keep turning the screw 30 or 40 times until the detent ball clicks into the next slot in the shellplate, then check for play. Actually a little play doesn't hurt at all. The real test is whether the slide pushes the case cleanly into the shellplate. If not, keep adjusting the index.

Special Note: If the ratchet is stuck between stations, sometimes the ram won't go all the way down. Turn the shellplate counterclockwise by hand and work the ram up and down until it goes all the way. The index will not adjust if the ram isn't all the way down.

 

[mtk469]

Thanks guys for the replies. I will give these suggestions a shot and go from there.
Thanks,
Matt