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Default Craftsman Radial Arm Saw Motor Removal

On Feb 4, 5:43*am, "Anon" wrote:
"mikenj" wrote in message

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I have a Sears Model Number 113.197150 radial arm saw that is late
eighties/early nineties vintage. The blade jammed into a piece of wood
and now the motor hums, but does not spin when I turn it on. I have
replaced the capacitor, but no luck.


If the motor has accessible carbon commutator brushes,


The kind of motor that has brushes doesn't need or have a capacitor;
the capacitor usually works with a 'start switch' which can be kept
open by a speck of sawdust. Cleaning that switch is the goal of
disassembly, and commonly one must remove one of the ends
(bell housing) of the motor to get to it. It'll the the end housing
that
has the electrical wiring connections.