wombatie Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Not sure if you remember but around November December last year my husbands EX16 started knocking and we had no idea where it was coming from. After the New Year we started looking again till in the end we gave up. Anyway on Saturday we were talking to a fellow who gave us an address to take it to, well in less than 24 hours and lots of grey hair latter he found what the course was..........it was the bellows. Yes that's right. When the arm came down the bellows were suctioning down and banging when releasing when the arm was coming up. Now Terry's saw is quieter than mine. Thanks for all of your help and suggestions, we did appreciate them. Marg OCtoolguy, Dave Monk and Scrappile 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgman Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 That’s a new one! I hope it didn’t cost to much to figure that out! OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodduck Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Glad you got it fixed Marg. I have been wondering how you went with it & the cause. wombatie and OCtoolguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Well glad you got it figured out and that it wasn't something major wrong with it.. I ran into the same thing with mine.. Not sure if all saws have a bellows on both upper and lower arms but mine did... when I took it apart to fix the bearing I tore the one bellows just a bit. I put it back in but it is every now and then making a rattle noise.. I need to order another one.. I thought what good is it in there if it is hooked up to no hose or anything.. but now I realize it's also a cushion to help it stay quiet, LOL wombatie and OCtoolguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted March 4, 2020 Report Share Posted March 4, 2020 Marg, Did you replace the bellows? OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted March 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 23 hours ago, dgman said: That’s a new one! I hope it didn’t cost to much to figure that out! Just $20 Dan. But it really had him stumped. Marg Dave Monk, dgman and OCtoolguy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted March 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 15 hours ago, Dave Monk said: Marg, Did you replace the bellows? No Dan, we would probably have to source it from the US. Marg OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 I messed around today with my little EX16. I thought I'd just do a bit of greasing on the upper arm bearings. I took them all apart and I'm glad I did. The grease that was there was very dry and sticky. I cleaned it all out the best I could and applied a generous helping of synthetic grease to all 5 bearings/sleeves and reassembled. I tightened them all up to what I thought was tight but not too tight. I plugged it in and started it on a very low setting. All of a sudden I've got a knocking noise that I never had before. So, I started messing around. Finally I went to each bearing and loosened it and then re-tightened but not quite as tight. It seems that did the trick. No more noise. Something to think about when putting these saws back together. Now I wish I still had my inch pound torque wrench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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