I was working on my infamous bunk bed project tonight, making good progress, and suddenly the saw sounded like it was bogging down really badly. It was still cutting ok so I continued for a bit, but then I stopped when I noticed a distinct ozon-y smell...
Long story short, the motor seems to be meeting resistance as it spins. It is arcing internally something fierce... I removed the brushes and although I'm not exactly sure what they're *supposed* to look like, nothing jumps out at me as "wow these are really bad". Both brushes seem to be arcing equally... Now since the motor is normally behind a panel that I've never removed before in the life of my saw until today (about 12 years), I'm not sure how much these motors normally arc internally, but it seems excessive to me.
So my question... do you think I should replace the brushes and hope for the best? Or does it sound like my motor is toast? I had a Ryobi router back in the day that violently thew out the upper bearing, literally exploding ball bearings across my shop right from my hands, so I'm a little paranoid...
And if my motor is toast, is it time to say goodbye to my beloved saw, or is there hope for a replacement still?
Oh, and I kinda need this ASAP as I need to finish this project in the next few weeks
Thanks!
Long story short, the motor seems to be meeting resistance as it spins. It is arcing internally something fierce... I removed the brushes and although I'm not exactly sure what they're *supposed* to look like, nothing jumps out at me as "wow these are really bad". Both brushes seem to be arcing equally... Now since the motor is normally behind a panel that I've never removed before in the life of my saw until today (about 12 years), I'm not sure how much these motors normally arc internally, but it seems excessive to me.
So my question... do you think I should replace the brushes and hope for the best? Or does it sound like my motor is toast? I had a Ryobi router back in the day that violently thew out the upper bearing, literally exploding ball bearings across my shop right from my hands, so I'm a little paranoid...
And if my motor is toast, is it time to say goodbye to my beloved saw, or is there hope for a replacement still?
Oh, and I kinda need this ASAP as I need to finish this project in the next few weeks
Thanks!
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