Prosumer hobbyist here; purchased a new Laguna SS24 oscillating spindle sander in 2017. Have _maybe_ 20 hours on it since then...yesterday was sanding off some finish tabs from my CNC work when I heard a slight metallic noise, then the sander stopped moving but the motor continued on fine.

Shut it off, just started to investigate and WOAH - discovered oil seeping/pouring out of the cabinet. And not a little oil, but ALL of the oil (it turns out about 3 quarts) leaked out.

So started cleaning yesterday, finished today and got to investigating what the heck happened...it turns out the "connector" (which connects a pulley to the rotation shaft of the spindle) sheared off. And the part that remained was hollow, and it was immersed in the gear oil / in the tank, and thus exposed a clear opening from the oil tank to my basement floor. Manual here, part #11 on the exploded diagram if you're following along at home.

Anyone ever hear of anything like this? I've emailed Laguna, and asked to replace not only the sheared off connector, but also all of the moving parts above the connector in case they were affected by the incident (I don't want to have to piecemeal replace parts as this is a PITA to service).

I'm hoping this is a non-issue with them (fingers crossed) but I think it has a 2 year warranty which I am out of; am starting to investigate if my credit card might extend my warranty coverage.

Anyone have experience with Laguna service? What do you think I should expect?