I've got an old BT3000. After reading about shim problems for over twenty years, I'm afraid I may finally have become a victim. Yesterday, I finished for the day and lowered the blade before leaving the shop; the mechanism to lower the blade worked fine. Today, I couldn't get the gears to raise the blade. I tried to lube the gears and shaft with no success; with only a fair amount of resistance will the gears turn at all and even then the assembly seems to want to pivot into the angle adjustment mode. Can others advise me 1) Do the shims sometimes bind up virtually overnight? 2) If it is a shim problem, would the shim have fallen out. There is no jettisoned shim under the saw. 3) Could the problem be in the gear mechanism? As I said the gears don't seem to turn without a fair amount of force. 4) What are the chances that overhauling an almost 25 year old saw are worth the effort and cost?
Any thoughts will be appreciated.
The Viking
Any thoughts will be appreciated.
The Viking
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