EX-21 help needed - Urgent

[kmmcrafts]

Well these two here are the common ones I've seen on the inside of the saw.. since you didn't replace the rocker arms at the front of the saw I think it's likely one of those two spots but it could be one of the others.. These days anything possible to get past quality control. 

[OCtoolguy]

4 hours ago, Bill WIlson said:

Good news!  The EX-21 is back to being operational and purring like a kitten again. 

I received the drive link assembly last night and spent a couple hours this afternoon installing it.  Even though I'm not the greatest at taking things apart and getting them back together, this went pretty smoothly.  I'm back in business and have been sawing for the past half hour so.  I'm relieved, to say the least.  I even called Ray to let him know & thank him again for his help.  Well, back to the saw.  Let's call this case closed.

I hope you took the time to add some synthetic grease to the bearings of the new assembly. 

[Bill WIlson]

12 hours ago, OCtoolguy said:

I hope you took the time to add some synthetic grease to the bearings of the new assembly. 

Yes.  I made sure to slather them well.

[BadBob]

Are these not sealed bearings?

 

[kmmcrafts]

4 hours ago, BadBob said:

Are these not sealed bearings?

 

I think the only sealed bearing in these is the one that goes onto the motor. All others are a needle bearing with a sleeve insert. 

[BadBob]

13 hours ago, kmmcrafts said:

I think the only sealed bearing in these is the one that goes onto the motor. All others are a needle bearing with a sleeve insert. 

So it seems like repacking bearings occasionally would be a good idea.

[kmmcrafts]

2 hours ago, BadBob said:

So it seems like repacking bearings occasionally would be a good idea.

Yeah I think it could save from buying that assembly every few years. I think repacking bearings every 200ish hours would be a good idea..

I mentioned before that you cannot get just single bearings and sleeves and you can only get the whole link arm assembly. Something I want to try and look into is the Jet saw parts.. I have a hunch that the bearings and sleeves for the Jet is probably the same parts.. Jet sells just the bearings and sleeves individually so next time I have a issue with a bearing.. I'm going to try ordering the parts from Jet and compare to see.. Pretty sure it's probably the same set of bearings and sleeves.. I had DeWalt bearings for when I had my DeWalt.. many bearings was the same but the inner sleeves are different so I couldn't use them on my Excalibur and I searched for the sleeves everywhere.. they are a oddball size and maybe special made or in house made for the Excalibur.. Jet saws are real similar and the parts list breakdown shows them individual.. appears to be able to order them separately from ereplacementparts.. Worth a try.. 

[BadBob]

1 hour ago, kmmcrafts said:

I'm going to try ordering the parts from Jet and compare to see.. Pretty sure it's probably the same set of bearings and sleeves..

That would be great.