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Rick Cabot

01-11-2009, 4:24 PM

I have a Makita 5010 5" random orbital sander that has been working fine until this morning. It now rotates at a very high speed only but will not go into a random orbit mode as before. Is this a bearing issue? The schematic shows 3 different bearings??? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Rick Cabot

Chris Brault

01-12-2009, 8:15 PM

Tell u what man, Maybe it's just the brake in there? I just ordered 5 brake pads from milwaukee and it finished mine right up. Is it just spinning like crazy???????