well welcome back to the Steve Rob show today I'm working on my belt sander this
is a craftsman belt sander guys I've had this for easily 25 years it's been a good
sander but it's just not sounded right and I think it's kind of seized up but yeah I can't
move the back roller here I'll just fire it up here for you just so you can maybe
you could hear this anyways you hear it went free there then a jammed let's try it again
yeah there's definitely something wrong there let's tear into this baby and it's how they're
going in the garbage or it's going to be a quick fix I don't fool around with no long fix it's only
quick fixes well all I've done was just take the screws off this the first time I'm opening
up just like you will take this off here and all I've gotten here is just like a little belt guys
imagine that is like 25 years old that belt now I took these screws out over here and I don't think
I had to and it'll turn but I could feel where something's not right there it'll turn and then
stop turn and then stop there's something binding up and I think it's the bearings in here so let me
dig into this a little bit further because even that belt looks good that's the original belt
so I guess I gotta take this off because when you look at this side there's nothing on there I mean
there's nothing in here to pull apart and I think whatever the problem is it's in here it's on this
shaft here somewhere so let me dig into that a little bit further and we'll get back well I
just took the belt off and guys it just pulls right off and I thought it might be something
down here but look this this moves nice and free and everything else this is it guys watch this
this is the problem on the mortar head itself see that see that movement there
that's way too much play let me see if I can just pull this stuff off and then we'll come
back and maybe it just might be as easy as just replacing a bearing but guys that's grabbing in
there and making all kinds of and I can smell burning wire when it goes like that too so yeah
let's take a look when I fire all this stuff off here okay guys I got this baby all tore
apart like you wouldn't believe I got a rate down to the ribs and this is what I found out
this bearing on the end here listen to this yeah she's fubar and guys I've never seen a
setup like this before there was a screw in the back here and everything but this is actually
in a captured cage here this plastic cage this will not let the armature come out like this is
this has been pressed in here from this side so yeah both these ends have been pressed together
and then put in so guys this is a total I got got it right down to the bare bones guys this here is
what we call junk okay guys I always hope with the tear into that baby and replaced the bearing
but no no no no they pressed the bearings in on both sides so it's a one-time use I guess bearing
and she's going into the scrap heap but I'd be interested to hear from you guys what kind of
belt sander I want to get a three by 21 again and what kind of belt sander would use guys recommend
I've had that one like I say for a long long long long time and it doesn't owe me anything
I can't believe that's the original belt on it so you know the drive belt but guys I tell you what
I've never seen anything like this where they press in you know the armature bearings on both
sides so it's not workable you can't work on that now I imagine the next one there buys be
the same thing but I really don't know but yeah it was a it was a good fit ball lasted
there didn't it these guys let me know what you think is a good belt sander and I'll take
a look at the comments and I gotta buy myself a new belt sander thanks for joining me here
today I didn't get nothin done but I had some fun and these guys come back let's have some
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you