My brushes are keep sticking in my jigsaw causing it to stop, after I
open up the casing and clean them its Ok for a while but then it
happens again do I just need new brushes or could there be an
underlying problem?

Housemartin presented the following explanation :
My brushes are keep sticking in my jigsaw causing it to stop, after I
open up the casing and clean them its Ok for a while but then it
happens again do I just need new brushes or could there be an
underlying problem?

I once had an angle grinder, where the brushes would stick in their
holders. I resolved it by sanding down the sides of the brushes
slightly.

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I once had an angle grinder, where the brushes would stick in their
holders. I resolved it by sanding down the sides of the brushes
slightly.

They dont seem very tight in their holders.
But thanks anyway
Martin

On 5 Apr, 20:24, Housemartin wrote:
My brushes are keep sticking in my jigsaw causing it to stop, after I
open up the casing and clean them its Ok for a while but then it
happens again do I just need new brushes or could there be an
underlying problem?

when you say sticking - do you mean:-

1) moving and wedging the motor so it's unable to move?

or

2) sticking in their holders and not making good contact with the
commutator?

or

3) something entirely different??

Jim

On Apr 5, 10:53*pm, Housemartin wrote:
They dont seem very tight in their holders.
But thanks anyway

Does the armature always stop in the same place? (use blob of tippex
to mark it)

cheers,
Pete.