dpb writes:
On 7/11/2018 1:14 PM, findthehumorinthings wrote:
replying to DCH, findthehumorinthings wrote:
I know this forum is dated, but thought I would contribute a key finding on
older Craftsman RAS saws.Â* I just picked up a 1979 model.Â* Hardly used.
First
thing I noticed was blade wobble.Â* Confirmed it was the motor shaft.
Removed
the blade and blade washers.Â* Noticed a rolled pin through the shaft to
hold
the motor shaft to the inside bolt next to the motor.Â* Pulled that
rolled pin
and checked the motor shaft again.Â* It's now completely straight.
Looked at
the hole where the pin was.Â* It was not lined up.Â* It was drilled
incorrectly
in the factory.Â* I'm likely going to redrill that hole so I can fasten
the pin
in again, but that was a reasonably easy fix for a bad manufacturing
problem
that caused this saw to sit in a garage for almost 40 years, unused.

I'm having a hard time conceptualizing this...how about posting a link
to a picture???


A guess is that the blade wasn't seated squarely on the shaft and
by taking the blade off and reinstalling it (regardless of the roll pin)
it became square again (and lost the wobble).

Something of that ilk seems far more likely...

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