Heinrich Grip Master Disassembly

[Cybergrizzly]

Hi, Guys

I recently purchase a nice 3" Heinrich Grip Master Vise at a somewhat acceptable price in Ebay but needs some TLC. The vise has some rust here and there but nothing that a good sanding and polishing cannot take care of it. Planning also to repaint the vise. The vise has 2 slide bars that connect the rear and front blocks and the slide block rides on these bars.

Does anybody know how to remove these slide bars? I would like to remove them for cleaning and polishing, and would help a lot to complete the cleaning process and the painting. The center slide bar is attached with a screw on the other side of the slide block, but the side bars do not have anything holding them. I suspect they are either screwed to the front block or pressed in. Any advise will help.

 

[Rstark18]

Any luck with this?

 

[Bobioz1]

I took one apart. Pounded the rods out with a brass drift. Can’t remember which direction but at the time it seemed obvious.

 

[kabinenroller]

The tool was manufactured in Racine Wisconsin by the Heinrich Tool Company. The company is no longer in business, I knew the owner Bob Heinrich but unfortunately he passed away a year ago otherwise I would ask him about disassembly of the vise.

 

[Bobioz1]

They still make them in Wisconsin

 

[Rstark18]

As @Bobioz1 said, they are still in business (although their price list hasn't been updated since 2015).
I read on another board that the sliders are press fit. Seems as though it would take a lot of work to remove them and get them back in.
The reason I wanted to was to clean all the rails. for some reason mine as had a sticky slide action for as long as I can remember. I really haven't had the time to take it apart and figure out what's preventing it from sliding smoothly. I will try to do it this week sans press fit rails.

 

[Rstark18]

I took a few minutes to take the vise apart this morning and cleaned all the rails. When the spring/cam isn't installed it all slides perfectly. When putting the cam back in I couldn't get it to slide easily. The issue was the Locking Ring (#6 in schematic). On one side the tab looks machined rounded on the other it is machined flat. I had always assumed the rounded side contacted the cam on the arm. I reversed it so the flat side contacts the arm and it is smooth. I wonder if over the years the one side has become rounded by use. I might have to call them and ask.

 

[FrankLee]

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