Run the blade of a penknife round the hole and when the hole is big enough, the ball and spring will come out. Then screw in a tap of the right size to grip it enough to pull the rest out. Some have a larger flange which would allow a lever like an old sharpened screwdriver to be used to prise it out.

I have a similar problem with the cross slide oiler on my WM250 VF. I've tried to drill it out & use an easy out… not so easy out !… the spring came out & now I am left with the shell & a ball bearing in the hole, fortunately it is kept in place by a neat sized neodymium magnet that fits the hole so I can keep the sh1t out. Does any one have the diam. for these oilers as I have some on my eBay 'save for later' wish list but would rather make sure of the correct size before buying possibly the wrong size.

George.

The Tom Senior light vertical has three sizes of these oilers on the same machine. I have loads of spares now The diameter is the same as the hole, but you need to know whether it is imperial, or metric, the clue usually lies in the machines origin.

Without wishing to side track the thread.
Can any one recommend a decent oil gun to use with these push button oilers I have a Myford gun and a Harrison gun for respective lathes. They both leak like sieves and in use there is oil everywhere but you are never really sure how much has got past the ball to where it is needed.
Any body found an oil gun that appears to work satisfactorily?

George, I had to replace one on my new Warco lathe the first time I tried to oil it! The spring had failed so the ball was just sitting in the bottom of the brass holder, I just fished mine out with a screwdriver. Warco have them, speak to Peter in the spares dept. I got a few for free but they can't be very expensive…

Coming in late, as usual.

In my experience, it bis not possible to remove and then re use ball oilers. Once removed, a new item has to be fitted. Arc Euro can supply, look at their website or Catalogue 11.

With regard to oil guns, my choice is the Reilang, unlike the Myford gun which put oil everywhere except where i wanted it, the Relaing does the job every time, with very few leaks, and small ones when it does.

Howard

fat fingers, again!

Edited By Howard Lewis on 26/06/2020 15:50:35

Richard Marks; thanks for the info, will look see.

George.

I bought a couple of the type posted by Steve Neighbour, and find them very good, especially with button oilers. They have good pressure. They have had semi synthetic 5W40 and slideway oil in them for nearly a year now and the plastic still seems oil proof. One has a bendy spout.