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You mean on the outer side of the bearing right? the part that sits in the housing? That is a good idea, I will have to add some to make sure the bearing sits right. I don't know if I have one of those around here? Any key words I could search for to see if theres a shop near me? I called a call number that was on the table saw, but it just went to voicemail. I will try calling tradesman directly. Also, the shaft that goes in the motor housing, it attaches through a gear to the shaft where the saw blade is attached too. when I spin the motor shaft, it rotates way more than the blade shaft does. Does this make sense? If so, is it normal for that to happen.

I also do not like using tools without a proper ground, a used compressor I bought a while ago had the ground prong ripped off, I changed the plug to one that had the ground before use. If I would've known I could've bought one of these off CL for about 50$, I would have just bought it! Learned the lesson of not borrowing anymore things. So I took it apart today that I had some time. It turns out the bottom bearing that holds the motor shaft, seized up, and it spun within the plastic housing and it spun at the speed on the motor! It burned some of the plastic that holds the bearing center I believe this is what cause the smoke, and is what causes some resistance when spinning the blade with the motor off. I am going to replace the bearing, hopefully the burned plastic will not cause any trouble. The brushes look good on the contact points but one side of each brush is chipped. Should I replace these to? heres a pic of the brushes. They both look like this, just on one side. Heres a picture of all the burnt plastic pieces I removed! I searched for the parts on that site, all the info I could get from the bearing is AOKE 6200Z. This came up, do you guys know if its the same? http://www.ereplacementparts.com/6200zz-p-969436.html and for the brushes, idk what to search. Model numb. on the motor is rm872. serial no. 112297. Thanks everyone who has helped me with this!

I can't really remember, but it may have plugged into an attachment that converts a 3 prong male end tip to a 2 prong end tip, eliminating the ground. I should have plugged in into the straight outlet with the ground, and not used that attachment. Could that have caused the problem?

Wow, first forum I've ever been on that you can double quote by just clicking it! Yea, i originally intended it to use it for my house only, but I did a side job with it and bam! I couldn't find anything under tradesman or the model number on that site. I'll look at the motor tomorrow when I take it off and see if I can fix anything.

Thank you! and I did already see that post, guess they aren't all that great. The thing is, my father in law let me borrow this one! Ahh, so I'm hoping I can fix it and not for a high price. If not I will be forced to buy him a new one, when I could've just bought myself the new one. Where do I go about the new part I will need? Edit: Also, I did 3 other jobs before this job where the saw broke, the jobs went well and nothing happened. So I think it was time for whatever broke, to break, just happened to break in my hands.

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum and seek help. I have a tradesman tables saw. model no. BTS10BW. I was doing a job the other day installing some laminate wood flooring. Luckily the job was nearly done, i just needed the door and closet end pieces. while cutting one of the last piece, the motor made a weird noise, and turned off, some smoke came out of the motor and the house outlet fuse blew. after i reset the fuse and thermal switch on the saw, when i turned it on, it was making a nasty clunk noise, its sounds like the motor is spinning at normal speed but the blade does not follow it. the blade and motor are all tight, nothing is loose. Is it worth taking apart and fixing and just replacing a 10-15$ part? If so, does anyone know what might be going on? Or do i just ditch it. Thank you in advance, sorry if this is in the wrong section of the forum.