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[seagypsy]

I bought a BT3000 a while back. In trying to remove the blade, I discovered the nut holding the blade to the shaft, it turned out to be frozen to the shaft. Does anyone have a good way of getting the nut loose( some type of anti-seize or maybe something different)?
Thanks Steve

[LCHIEN]

I'll bet your problem is that it's a left-handed nut - turns opposite the way most nuts do. This is so the saws turning motion tends to tighten it rather than loosen it.

As you stand to the left of the saw and look at the nut side of the blade, you should be pushing the top of the wrench handle to your right to loosen it.

When you put it back on, I turn it by hand until it's hand tight snug, then maybe 1/8 to 1/3 turn with the wrench. It doesn't have to be gorilla strength tight.
Be careful not to drop the nut into the saw or cross thread it. I hold it with three fingers, two on the sides and one over the top - the one on top keeps it level (no cross threading) and from falling as you lift the other two to turn it.

[seagypsy]

Thanks. I knew it would be something really simple, althou I didn't think it was that simple. Steve

[cgallery]

Thanks. I knew it would be something really simple, althou I didn't think it was that simple. Steve

Did you get it nice and tight?

[seagypsy]

Yeah, it was pretty tight. Fortunately, I didn't muscle my way through like I did a long time ago when I was young, dumb, and full of cum trying to take the lug nut off the driver's side wheel on a 62 Ford pickup, another time that left hand threads caused me problems. The rather poor light in the garage last night didn't help, either

[LCHIEN]

Well, you're in luck because that's the only left handed thread on the saw.

There are some other tricky screws, like eccentrics and stuff in the SMT.
Most fasteners in the BT3's respond well to tender care as opposed to brute force.
It's a precision woodcutting system, after all, not a table saw.

[Popeye]

Yeah, it was pretty tight. Fortunately, I didn't muscle my way through like I did a long time ago when I was young, dumb, and full of cum trying to take the lug nut off the driver's side wheel on a 62 Ford pickup, another time that left hand threads caused me problems. The rather poor light in the garage last night didn't help, either

Only another retired sailor would use a line like being young, dumb and....Welcome aboard from a little ways North. Pat