Andy Graves
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| 22 Sep 2009 04:04 AM |
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Anyone know how to make these sanders not wobble? Apparently my sander was dropped but it doesn't appear that the motor shaft is bent.  |
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David Gerard
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| 22 Sep 2009 08:15 AM |
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Andy, you know the dough nut comes off? I dropped mine once and simply pulled the ring off and set the sander back down on it. |
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Steve Mehan
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| 22 Sep 2009 10:49 AM |
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Hey! thats looks like mine. My cord is all chewed up in the same spots. Yeah try setting the pad back down onto the base, it's still gonna have a little wabble from the random orbit. |
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KCWOOD
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| 22 Sep 2009 05:01 PM |
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my bearing on the counterbalance just froze up. I remember someone saying theirs did too.. and Gem charged them $100+ to replace.
I will try to fix my own.... 
About the cord....
The first time I used mine... I noticed it could eat at the cord... I just taped mine higher up on the handle... still is perfect shape. |
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Andy Graves
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| 22 Sep 2009 06:57 PM |
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I checked the donut part and that is fine. It looks like the counter balance is bent to hell and it wobbles like crazy. I have a hard time spending a $100 on a bearing for the counter balance though.
Ever tried to change the cord on one of these. Takes forever because you have to take the sander apart. |
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KCWOOD
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| 22 Sep 2009 07:08 PM |
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if you run the sander without the pad on... yes the counterbalance does wobble..
My sander stopped on me once, it was like it was scaping on something. I took it apart, could not find a thing, put it back together, it worked fine. It is NOT an easy machine to work on.... 
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Bill Wolle
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| 22 Sep 2009 11:54 PM |
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Andy,
I know everything looks good...
Trust Kelsey on this one, take it apart and then put it back together again and it will be much better. I don't know why, it just is. |
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Andy Graves
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| 23 Sep 2009 08:09 AM |
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The machine is impossible to work on. When it works good it's great. When it's not working it's really bad.
I'll give it a try and see what happens. Can't hurt anything. |
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| 23 Sep 2009 12:57 PM |
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I can see this was designed to last a long time , but the design makes it so that if there is a problem you need to fix, you may do it once, but you probably will not the second time. I agree Andy... it is one of the hardest power tools I have ever had apart to work on.  |
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Terry Binkley
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| 28 Sep 2009 03:08 AM |
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Call Rich Biederman (Gem) @ 954-749-1228, tell him what happened and he'll know what to do. It won't cost $100.00 to fix it. |
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Andy Graves
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| 28 Sep 2009 05:12 AM |
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Thanks Terry |
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