Spent 4 hours chasing a 10 cent problem on a Haas VF-2

I was setting up a job last Tuesday and the tool changer kept erroring out on pocket 12. Took the whole morning checking sensors, swapping batteries, even called a buddy to come look at the control board. Turns out a tiny chip was wedged under the tool release piston spring. Cost me a damn penny washer and half a shift. Anyone else ever waste a whole day on something this stupid?

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james_butler22d ago

Did you check the piston spring first? I wasted half a Thursday on that exact same thing.

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oscarm2422d ago

Preach. I spent a whole Saturday rebuilding a carburetor before I realized the piston spring was just sitting there crooked. Looked fine from the outside but nope, it was binding like crazy. A quick swap and the thing fired right up. You really gotta pop that clip off and inspect it close.