On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 23:37:13 GMT, "Vic Baron"
wrote:

I know diddly about that saw and have no idea where to get the bearings but
it just seems to me that the repeated bearing failure is indicative of a
more serious problem than 'bad' bearings. I'd suspect some sort of
alignment defect myself.

That is easy to say but I have aligned the saw with a dial indicator,
have "Pals" on it to get within .002" on the Vega aftermarket fence
and keep it clean and lubricated with high quality lubrication that I
also use on my high tech mountain bike. Also, I have two
arbor/bearing/arbor assemblys that I rotate between when one goes bad.

I picked up some high quality USA bearings from a close-by bearing
supplier this afternoon and am going to try them when this set get too
noisey to tolerate and see if that helps. Also, I setup my Harbor
Freight dado blade with all the chippers and ran about 30 feet of full
width dados/grooves through it just now and it didn't get worse. But
it still chatters on shutdown, even with no blade on it.

I'm stumped, this isn't rocket science.

...Joe L