Howdy,
Just an update on this... On a lark I called HF to see what replacement
parts for everything I saw that was busted would cost me.
Turns out that I could get:
* left & right blade guide (just the casting, if the parts diagram is
right, not the bearings)
* four of the bearing holder screws for the blade guides
* a new frame / case
* a pair of the rubber drive wheels
all for $30.
It wouldn't have been quite as much, except they loctite the screws
holding the bearings into the blade guide castings, and I broke off a
screw with an impact screw driver. I really only needed one of the blade
guides & one screw, but figured it was cheap insurance to get a few extra
screws and the other blade guide (I can salvage the one I have, but I'll
need to drill it out, retap, etc.)
Only downside was that some of the parts are coming from China, so they'll
take 8 weeks to get here. She did say that I had the option to have them
pull the parts off a returned model if one existed if I wanted, so they'd
get here sooner. I told them to go ahead with that if it was possible.
Anyway, I haven't gotten the parts yet, but it was a pleasent enough
experience.
Mark
(Also, I looked at the parts list for the Milwaukee portable... It seems
to use the same plastic to steel "bearing" setup for the drive wheels as
the HF saw uses.)
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