I dont meant to be rude but do you have the collet installed into the nut correctly (prior to insertion in the taper)? The collet will snap into the nut.
If the collet is installed in the bore and then the nut tigthened down it will never sit right nor get enough thread engagement to be secure.
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09-22-2014, 01:56 PM #1
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Re: How can I determine if the problem is the collet chuck or the collets?
A lazy man does it twice.
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09-27-2014, 09:28 PM #2
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Re: How can I determine if the problem is the collet chuck or the collets?
+1 on this suggestion - especially based on this comment from your original post "With the collet nut tightened down, I can see that the front face of the collet is not parallel to the front face of the nut. " When the collet is inserted in the nut correctly it should be very close to flush with the face of the nut.
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