Dillon Precision XL 650 - Manual (Page 42)

Trouble Shooting
Dies Too Short
A. Need Dillon die lockrings (14067).
1. Three extra come with the machine.
2. Threadaphobia (fear of too few
threads) can strike anyone-anytime.
It is a common but curable disease.
You only need one thread showing
above the toolhead to hold the die
lockring.
Cartridge won’t feed into chamber
1. Overall length too long. See loading
manual for dimensions.
2. Improper headspace. See loading
manual for dimensions. Use head-
space case gage.
3. Too much bell left on case. (Not
enough crimp.)
4. Case buckled.
a. Too much crimp.
5. Using brass that you picked-up at the
range that has been fired in an over-
size chamber.
6. Gun operation problems.
Hard or Incomplete Indexing
A. Shellplate not indexing smoothly.
1. Shellplate bolt adjusted too tight.
Readjust 1/8 turn maximum.
2. Shellplate bolt tightens when
shellplate turns.
a. Brass tipped set screw loose or
missing.
3. Wrong size locator buttons.
4. Index pawl bent, worn or in back-
wards.
5. Dirt under shellplate.
a. Keep shellplate clean.
b. When replacing shellplate, bolt
(13418) must be lubed with a little
all purpose grease.
6. Bent or broken shellplate.
7. Index ball (13891) and/or spring
(14118) stuck, missing or broken.
Can also cause shellplate to turn
backwards after indexing.
8. Not taking full stroke on the handle.
9. Ring indexer (13677) worn or indexer
block (16671) needs adjusted. Return
spring damaged or missing.
B. Handle movement difficult
1. Powder or other debris causing jam-
ming of moving parts.
2. Link arm pins (13700) galled.
3. Main shaft (13485) dirty or dry.
a. Clean and lubricate with 30 wt oil.
4. Camming pin on black casefeed slide
not lubed.
5. Primer cam worn causing primer
indexing arm to drag and stick.
6. Incorrect lubricant used. Do not use
solvent blended lubes.
Casefeeding
A. Casefeeder is on but will not rotate.
1. Brass caught under casefeed plate.
2. Casefeed is too full.
3. Bad micro-switch.
B. Cases are falling down tube upside
down jamming in the top tube, etc.
1. Using the wrong casefeed plate for
that caliber.
2. Casefeed baffle (13688) not in place
(see conversion chart for which cal.
require use of the casefeed baffle)
3. Casefeed is too full.
4. The machine is not secured to a stur-
dy enough bench.
C. Casefeed tube (20532 or 20535)
appears too short.
1. Casefeed is not pushed down all the
way on the casefeed mounting post
(17123).
D. Cases hanging up at micro-switch or
micro-switch inoperative.
1. Check the angle of the switch lever
and adjust as necessary.
a. Too sharp an angle will cause
cases to hang up.
b. Too shallow an angle will cause
incomplete shutoff.
E. Cases jamming at the casefeed arm
(13716).
1. Wrong size or loose body bushing for
caliber being loaded.
2. Operating machine too fast.
3. Short stroking the machine.
4. Dented or squashed cases.
Case Insertion
A. Case not getting to shellplate.
1. Wrong size Station 1 locator.
2. Wrong size casefeed adapter.
3. Shellplate bolt is too loose.
4. Dirt in shellplate pockets or damaged
shellplate.
5. Handle being moved too rapidly on
upstroke.
6. Dirt or media in casefeed track.
B. Case doesn’t drop onto platform.
1. Using the wrong arm or body bushing.
C. Cases not fitting in shellplate or staying
centered.
1. Locator buttons missing or wrong
size for that caliber.
2. Primer Station locator tab (13242)
needs to be readjusted.
3. Wrong shellplate caliber being
loaded.
4. Wrong cases for caliber being
loaded.
5. Debris in pockets of shellplate.
6. Rim of case damaged or shot in open
bolt gun. i.e. 9mm sub gun.
7. Cases out of spec.
8. Worn out brass from over use or hot
loads.
9. Shellplate damaged from decap pin.
Station 1 - Resizing and Decapping
A. Crushing cases.
1. Incomplete case insertion.
2. Not enough radius on die. Use Dillon
dies where available.
3. Unstable bench causes case to move
and hit edge of die.
B. Bending or breaking decapping pins.
1. Smaller caliber brass stuck inside of
case or on decapping stem.
2. Berdan primed cases.
3. Media and polish has formed a hard
mix in bottom of case.
4. Handle being moved too rapidly on
the down stroke.
5. Rocks or other foreign objects in
cases.
C. Cases are not being pushed all the way
into the shellplate by the case insert
slide (97082).
1. Not pushing forward enough (or at
all) on the handle.
2. Camming pin (13371) needs to be
adjusted.
3. Debris or media in shellplate or under
Station 1 locator.
4. Bent rail on Station 1 locator.
D. Case insert slide (97082) jams on sta-
tion 1 locator.
1. Be sure there is lubrication on the
case insert slide.
2. Debris under Station 1 locator.
E. Sizing die marking cases.
1. Wrong sizing die for that caliber.
2. Dirty brass.
3. Scratched die.
4. Case shot in large chamber and base
is excessively expanded.
5. Brass/nickel adhering to carbide
insert.
a. Lube cases properly to prevent
this.
b. Clean insert with 600 grit to
remove build up.
c. Use Sweets 7.62 Solvent to clean
insert.
6. New brass (Sharp edges at case
mouth.)
7. Die lockring not tightened with a
case in the die.
F. Oil dent in shoulder of case or neck
appears wrinkled.
1. Using too much case lubricant.
G. Case sticking in sizing die.
1. Insufficient case lube.
2. Alcohol not yet evaporated from
spray-on case lube.
a. Allow five minutes for alcohol to
evaporate before sizing cases.
H. Decap pin not decapping.
1. Sizing die not screwed down far
enough.
2. Decapping assembly not screwed
down all the way.
3. Decapping pin bent, broken or missing.
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