StuartThomson Posted May 26, 2019 Report Share Posted May 26, 2019 Hello all, I’m after your friendly professional opinion here, I’ve recenty bought a Makita LS1018l Compound Mitre Saw, as recent as a week ago to be exact. the saw has had about 20 mins total run time since I’ve had, from new. I was cutting widths on a 4x4 yesterday to cut out a mortise and had it running for around 3 minutes off and on, off and on for around 10 seconds each time and smoke appeared out of the motor vents and it stunk. Now it won’t turn back on, even after cooling down as that was my initial thought, so I checked out the brushes and they look like this. do I need new brushes or is it something more serious? Thanks and sorry for the long rant over something very basic but I’m fairly new to this type of power tool 👍👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATERPILLAR Posted July 4, 2019 Report Share Posted July 4, 2019 No they look alright. Make sure they are still making contact and the spring keeps tension on them. Do the commutator bars look ok still ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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