I recently purchased a BT3100 in very good shape via craigslist.
The saw runs great but was a little hard to raise/lower the blade so I used some PTFE based Dry Lube (something blaster). It immediately smoothed up while the lube was still wet but once it dried out the wheel became even harder to turn.
I thought I must have knocked some dust into the mechanism and seized it so I disassembled the whole thing. I cleaned everything with Mineral Spirits, re-lubed, and reassembled. It is still VERY hard to turn (I'm not forcing it at all so it's currently unusable).
If I tighten the screws on the guide holder until the screws won't turn easily then I can see the guide holder edges bowing out a slight bit and the wheel is difficult to turn. If I back the screws out a 1/2 turn or so then I can turn the wheel but I don't feel like the screws are very tight and I'm worried they would come loose with vibration eventually.
My question is how tight should the screws be? Because the BT3100 shims are "sprung" I'm not sure how tight they should be.
The saw runs great but was a little hard to raise/lower the blade so I used some PTFE based Dry Lube (something blaster). It immediately smoothed up while the lube was still wet but once it dried out the wheel became even harder to turn.
I thought I must have knocked some dust into the mechanism and seized it so I disassembled the whole thing. I cleaned everything with Mineral Spirits, re-lubed, and reassembled. It is still VERY hard to turn (I'm not forcing it at all so it's currently unusable).
If I tighten the screws on the guide holder until the screws won't turn easily then I can see the guide holder edges bowing out a slight bit and the wheel is difficult to turn. If I back the screws out a 1/2 turn or so then I can turn the wheel but I don't feel like the screws are very tight and I'm worried they would come loose with vibration eventually.
My question is how tight should the screws be? Because the BT3100 shims are "sprung" I'm not sure how tight they should be.
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