Okay, I finally have my saw put together. Getting it was really a nightmare though. The wrong saw was transferred to the HD where I bought the first one etc. etc., but that’s another story!
Everything went together without any problems, I checked everything afterward and all is square, parallel and ready to go. I do have a question though. When I raised the blade to check it per instructions (blade was already installed) as I turned the crank to elevate it, I heard a ping and sort of a popping noise with each full revolution. When lowering the blade I did not hear this sound – it lowered very quietly. Upon looking, it appears to be coming from the spring on the lift mechanism slightly catching on the extended setscrew as the shaft turns. There are two setscrews on the shaft of the lift mechanism. One is fully seated and the other one, which keeps the spring from traveling the full length of the shaft sticks out a little bit from the shaft. This is where the spring is catching. With each full revolution of the shaft, as the shaft turns the end of the spring is catching on this setscrew. A short piece of the spring is not coiled and sticks out at the end of the spring. My question is: should I leave it alone and learn to ignore the noise or should I try to bend the end of the spring slightly toward the front of the crank handle, or maybe increase/decrease the length of setscrew sticking out? I don’t want undue wear on this small spring, but neither do I want to cause a worse situation than what the noise is. Thanks.
Lynn
Everything went together without any problems, I checked everything afterward and all is square, parallel and ready to go. I do have a question though. When I raised the blade to check it per instructions (blade was already installed) as I turned the crank to elevate it, I heard a ping and sort of a popping noise with each full revolution. When lowering the blade I did not hear this sound – it lowered very quietly. Upon looking, it appears to be coming from the spring on the lift mechanism slightly catching on the extended setscrew as the shaft turns. There are two setscrews on the shaft of the lift mechanism. One is fully seated and the other one, which keeps the spring from traveling the full length of the shaft sticks out a little bit from the shaft. This is where the spring is catching. With each full revolution of the shaft, as the shaft turns the end of the spring is catching on this setscrew. A short piece of the spring is not coiled and sticks out at the end of the spring. My question is: should I leave it alone and learn to ignore the noise or should I try to bend the end of the spring slightly toward the front of the crank handle, or maybe increase/decrease the length of setscrew sticking out? I don’t want undue wear on this small spring, but neither do I want to cause a worse situation than what the noise is. Thanks.
Lynn
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