kmmcrafts Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 So another warm night out there 33F so I went out and replaced my upgraded tension cam and the new style upper blade holder.. New bearings wasn't needed.. in fact maybe bearings was made better back in the 90's as these look like new.. good thing too.. because after taking the saw apart I find that it has a whole different style of bearing than the newer 226 Ultra has... connecting rod bearings the same.. but again wasn't needed.. She's running real nice and smooth through all the gears.. no vibration to really speak about through the whole range of speeds.. I sort of like the thrust bearing style of this older saw better than I do the newer one.. Guess now my next project will be to set up and tune the new Excalibur and when these are all done and running good.. I'll take the 788 apart for new bearings inside the case at the back of the saw.. getting a little noisy back there and still running the originals from 2008 back there.. lawson56 and jbrowning 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 (edited) Maybe that is why my saws have had no maintenance needed on them. Around that age. I have run the heck out of them and they are still ticking like a clock. Don't make things like they use to. Edited January 21, 2018 by JTTHECLOCKMAN kmmcrafts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted January 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 Boy that last sentence JT.. You sure hit that one.. most everything now days is just cheap junk and when it breaks you throw it out and buy another.. well.. for most people.. I seem to like to take things apart to see if I can fix and improve on them, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTTHECLOCKMAN Posted January 21, 2018 Report Share Posted January 21, 2018 I always followed my Dads wise words of wisdom. "If is not broke don't fix it" Carried me this far. I will tinker but just because I see a better way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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