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From: wtm@bunker.UUCP (Bill McGarry)
Newsgroups: net.rec.wood
Subject: Re: Repair of Sears Table Saws
Message-ID: <1085@bunker.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 23:23:42 EST
Article-I.D.: bunker.1085
Posted: Tue Jan 14 23:23:42 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 19-Jan-86 05:44:15 EST
Reply-To: wtm@bunker.UUCP (Bill McGarry)
Organization: Bunker Ramo, Trumbull Ct
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> Why on earth would have a repair man come out to look at your saw to replace
> motor, when almost every Sears store has the motor in stock?  The cost is
> about $110.  You just have to unbolt the old one and take off the pulley.
> The instructions on how to do this came with the saw.

Yes, every Sears store stocks the replacement motor but replacing the
motor on this particular model is an unbelievable bitch.  To get the motor
out, you have to virtually disassemble the entire saw.  It is NOT just a
matter of taking a few bolts out and popping in a new motor.  The repair
man that came to the house could not even do it - and believe me - he
tried.  He had to take it back with him.  The big problem is one big
pin (10 inches long or so) that holds the motor.  There is no easy access
to this pin and so no easy way to get the motor out.   The instructions
that came with the saw?  They give you an exploded diagram of the entire
saw on one page - no help at all ( And I used to repair power tools for a
couple of years.)

Poor design but I think the saw is still worth the money.

Sears charged about $20 (if I remember right) for the labor and this included
taking the motor out, putting the new one in and adjusting it just right.
For this, it wasn't worth the effort to do it myself.

                                Bill McGarry
                                Bunker Ramo, Trumbull, CT
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