Many of you who own this saw may have already had to replace thrust bearings, but I hadn't the need until recently. Fine dust had worked its way into the bearing, until it wouldn't move freely. I misplaced my manual, so decided to see if there was a "how to" by searching Google - and came across this undated FWW article on bandsaw tune-up, which includes the bearing replacement. Gave me just enough info to figure it out. I just received the new bearing last week, so went into the shop and had it on in 10 minutes. Would have been 5, but I had to figure out that you need to loosen the stop collar that holds the adjuster knob/screw in place. All is now "ship-shape and Bristol fashion".
http://www.ccwwa.org/newsite/plans/bandsawtuneup2.pdf
http://www.ccwwa.org/newsite/plans/bandsawtuneup2.pdf
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