Back in March my 7 year old Dewalt 744 type 3 table saw gave up. I replaced armature with bearings pressed on already and new brushes. Fired it up and it ran but it ran at a lower that normal rpm and has a lot less power when ripping even a 3/4 board. It also has kind of a soft start instead of the jolt it used to have. So I figure maybe the field was weakened by the over heating so I replaced it with a new one I got from Sears Parts. Fired it up no change. So what else it left.......gear box! Nope, put in a new one and STILL no difference was made in the speed or the power. Theres a rubber sleeve that the outer bearing goes into on the end where the brushes are so I replaced it. No change. OK so maybe the brush holders got out of whack when it got hot so I installed new ones and another set of brushes. Still no change. Switch you say, nope new one.
By now I have almost what a new saw would cost in it but I don't care. This has become a completion between me and it and it don't know it yet but I'm going to win with the help of you guys!
I was wondering if anyone may have had issues like this with any of the other Dewalt type 3 saws or can offer any input at all. Thanks, Weav