I continue to struggle getting any tension on my G0555 that we bought used. Here's where I'm at. I'd bought a 3/4 bladerunner from Iturra, but yes, I also have a 1/2" too. It makes no difference right now.
I took out the old tension rod, ran it through a die to make sure the threads were good, and ran a tap to clean the threads on the square nut. I put in the new iturra spring, but couldn't get it tensioned for more than a 1/8" blade. So I ordered a new rod and nut thinking hey why not.
I put the bushings all the way at the top, but as you can see in the pics, even with the rod screwed all the way down until the point bottoms out on the saw, I can't get enough tension. Please help me figure out what's wrong. My dad has no ideas and neither does my neighbor and neither does my shop teacher at school.20161201_200050.jpg20161201_200058.jpg20161201_200112.jpg20161201_200330.jpg