How to clean anti kickback fingers on Jet JWP160s?

[Scott Braun]

So I have a Jet JWP160s planer and I need to clean the anti kickback fingers on it. They are supposed to hang freely on the rod they are on, but mine do not! I can push them up and they stay up! ;-(

So anyone familiar with this set up? I'm guessing they are gummed up from pitch and whatnot (I bought it used), is there something I can spray on there? Or do I need to disassemble it? Anyone know how to do that? the manual has nothing to say about it!!

Thanks in advance!

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi Scott, the problem with cleaning them in place is that stuff may drip out onto the wood you're planing.

I've removed them from the machine for cleaning..........Rod.

[Scott Braun]

Yeah, I think I’m going to have to figure out how to do that!

[Scott Braun]

Hi Scott, the problem with cleaning them in place is that stuff may drip out onto the wood you're planing.

I've removed them from the machine for cleaning..........Rod.

Yep, I removed the whole unit from the machine today. Turns out a couple of the fingers were bent causing the assembly to be too wide to fit between the keepers on the ends of the rod and working correctly.

[Mike Kees]

Should be easy enough to flatten in a vise.

[Scott Braun]

Should be easy enough to flatten in a vise.

Indeed, I actually used the anvil on the back of my vice and a 2 pound mallet to nicely convince them to flatten out! ;-)

So I threw all the parts, except the rod they hang on, in a tumbler for a couple hours to clean them up. Put it all back together and it now works just as it should.

[Mike Kees]

Scott I was at my shop this morning and looked at my Delta planer. Was going to post that it looked fairly easy to pull apart,mine just had a set screw holding the rod in place on the ends. Glad it all worked out,kinda fun fixing stuff,eh ?

[Scott Braun]

Scott I was at my shop this morning and looked at my Delta planer. Was going to post that it looked fairly easy to pull apart,mine just had a set screw holding the rod in place on the ends. Glad it all worked out,kinda fun fixing stuff,eh ?

Yeah, been fixing stuff for years! Mine had a set screw on just one end of the bar holding it. Just a matter of getting in to it and figuring stuff out!