I've done it more than once.
The shroud (unique to the BT3), and the left-handedness (all saws) and the difficulty of getting the nut started with the partial threads due to the two flats on the arbor always seem to make it easy to drop especially when trying to do it one-handed.
I now use a three-finger technique, two on either side of the nut and one pressing it to the end of the arbor, to keep from dropping it - haven't lost one lately.
BTW if you ever lose your arbor nut (because as we all know from Murphy's law they roll under the largest and heaviest shelf unit in the darkest corner of the garage), don't despair, i think most ACE hardware and other stores carry 5/8" left-hand nuts because of all the table and miter saws out there that use them. You don't have to buy one from a ryobi parts dealer.
The shroud (unique to the BT3), and the left-handedness (all saws) and the difficulty of getting the nut started with the partial threads due to the two flats on the arbor always seem to make it easy to drop especially when trying to do it one-handed.
I now use a three-finger technique, two on either side of the nut and one pressing it to the end of the arbor, to keep from dropping it - haven't lost one lately.
BTW if you ever lose your arbor nut (because as we all know from Murphy's law they roll under the largest and heaviest shelf unit in the darkest corner of the garage), don't despair, i think most ACE hardware and other stores carry 5/8" left-hand nuts because of all the table and miter saws out there that use them. You don't have to buy one from a ryobi parts dealer.
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