Lee Koepke
09-28-2014, 10:34 AM
I think I lost one this weekend :mad:
its been making a whining noise on power down, i re-tensioned the belts, that seemed to help, then yesterday I could smell burning and I couldn't turn the blade by hand without a lot of effort.
Took the belts off and the arbor will turn about 1/8 freely, then tight.
my question is, while i have this thing torn down, should I replace the motor bearings too? and the belts? they show very little wear. I bought the saw in 2007/2008 and its used moderately in my hobby.
I appreciate the venue to discuss this, my wife is generally disinterested in the inner working of my hunk of cast iron :D
its been making a whining noise on power down, i re-tensioned the belts, that seemed to help, then yesterday I could smell burning and I couldn't turn the blade by hand without a lot of effort.
Took the belts off and the arbor will turn about 1/8 freely, then tight.
my question is, while i have this thing torn down, should I replace the motor bearings too? and the belts? they show very little wear. I bought the saw in 2007/2008 and its used moderately in my hobby.
I appreciate the venue to discuss this, my wife is generally disinterested in the inner working of my hunk of cast iron :D