bronx Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thanks for showing up folks. I have an Ex 21 that I purchased used. Everything works great except for the flexible blower hose. At the base it just won't grab and hold tight and when cutting it goes all over the place except where it needs to be and I find myself huffing and puffing to clear the sawdust. Now i'm not mechanically inclined but I looked and can't see where there my be an adjustment. I looked in the owners manual but no luck there. So after the manual the Village is my next step which brings me to you ace mechanics. Maybe I over looked something. Is there some sort of adjustment for this or is there a simple way to rig it so it stays in place at the base of the saw so I can save my lungs for a nice cigar instead of huffing and puffing removing the sawdust from the cutting piece. It's the first plastic piece that touches the the metal ball at the saw. It's lose and I can't get it tighten Help will be much appreciated Thanks in advance. Ciao Cliff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWSUDEKUM Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Cliff the easiest and even more effective method of blowing away the cutting sawdust is to get an air pump that is used in aquariums and some vinyl hose and route it to where you need it. DW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Thanks for showing up folks. I have an Ex 21 that I purchased used. Everything works great except for the flexible blower hose. At the base it just won't grab and hold tight and when cutting it goes all over the place except where it needs to be and I find myself huffing and puffing to clear the sawdust. Now i'm not mechanically inclined but I looked and can't see where there my be an adjustment. I looked in the owners manual but no luck there. So after the manual the Village is my next step which brings me to you ace mechanics. Maybe I over looked something. Is there some sort of adjustment for this or is there a simple way to rig it so it stays in place at the base of the saw so I can save my lungs for a nice cigar instead of huffing and puffing removing the sawdust from the cutting piece. It's the first plastic piece that touches the the metal ball at the saw. It's lose and I can't get it tighten Help will be much appreciated Thanks in advance. Ciao Cliff Show us a picture of the problem.I looked for a picture on ricks site but found none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 The problem is the first link is cracked. An easy repair is to heat the first link with a heat gun or hair dryer. It will soften the the plastic. Or just pull off the hose from the metal conector. Use the heating devise to heat the second link and pull off the cracked link. Use a pair of plyers or needle nose for this. You don't want to melt the plastic, just soften it. Once the first link is removed, heat the second link one more time and it should pop right into the metal conector. Let it cool, then you are good to go! Lucky2, Birchbark, Falcon and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Dan is on to something there !......I will be doing the same to my EX soon........The village people come through again ! dgman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 The problem is the first link is cracked. An easy repair is to heat the first link with a heat gun or hair dryer. It will soften the the plastic. Or just pull off the hose from the metal conector. Use the heating devise to heat the second link and pull off the cracked link. Use a pair of plyers or needle nose for this. You don't want to melt the plastic, just soften it. Once the first link is removed, heat the second link one more time and it should pop right into the metal conector. Let it cool, then you are good to go! +1 That is what I would do. dgman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandaideman Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 dan has the ticket. I have done this with the Dewalt and the Ex 21. guess I just move it to much and it gets tired out and won't hold dgman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronx Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 The problem is the first link is cracked. An easy repair is to heat the first link with a heat gun or hair dryer. It will soften the the plastic. Or just pull off the hose from the metal conector. Use the heating devise to heat the second link and pull off the cracked link. Use a pair of plyers or needle nose for this. You don't want to melt the plastic, just soften it. Once the first link is removed, heat the second link one more time and it should pop right into the metal conector. Let it cool, then you are good to go! Dan you are the man with the plan. Thanks for taking the time to help me with this problem. I'll light a cigar in your honor...LOL Thx my friend. Ciao Cliff WayneMahler and dgman 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky2 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) Cliff, be careful with whatever you use for a heat source, you don't don't want to misshape things. Use just enough heat to allow you to pull the first section of the air tube off, don't use enough heat to melt the plastic. Len Edited July 13, 2016 by Lucky2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvman44 Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I was going to suggest that new ball/socket tubing could be bought, but I like this suggestion better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 On the dw788 I remove the cracked one lightly heat the next one with lighter and put back on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorcier Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 I used a hair dryer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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