It needed the plastic ring and a new sanding pad. The bearing was fine.
Thanks,
Kris
<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> Sounds like the plastic brake (they used to include an extra) is gone.
>
> speedbuggy wrote:
>> I have a 5" random orbit sander that seems to have lost it "random
> orbit".
>> It acts like a free spinning disc sander. Any ideas on how to fix it
> short
>> of taking it to a repair shop?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kris
>
The bottom decoupling bearing is frozewn up. Remove it, clean it out or
replace it and repack with a little grease...
speedbuggy wrote:
> I have a 5" random orbit sander that seems to have lost it "random orbit".
> It acts like a free spinning disc sander. Any ideas on how to fix it short
> of taking it to a repair shop?
>
> Thanks,
> Kris
>
>
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 23:05:05 GMT, "speedbuggy"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a 5" random orbit sander that seems to have lost it "random orbit".
They took it out and used it to make the DeWalt badge.
There's a plastic doohickey inside, or rather there isn't any more.
These things break as soon as you look at them - one reason I'd avoid
DeWalt kit. Common spare part though.
(snip)But we've never
understood the "off-road" thing. 20 grand's worth of new Jeep with
the bottom broken off it and stuck fast in Wales whilst a shit-heap of
a 30 year old Landie bogglers happily past it is great fun - so long
as you're in the Landie.
One of my other hobbies is mud pit racing (with an old chevy 4x4 truck no
doubt) and I've tore up many a jeep in the pit. IMO "Trail Rated" is a
term used by Jeep instill some sense of false confidence that their stock
vehicles can take that type of abuse. I know better.
"Jeep, it's what's for dinner" --dave
"Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:12:16 -0700, Larry Jaques
> <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>>And we 'Murricans just love your lovely Lucas products, too, Andy. ;)
>
> Lucas stuff has been pretty reliable since around 1990. I take
> personal credit for a _little_ of this.
>
>>Y'think it has something to do with shipping parts across the pond
>>at triple price markups, too, besides the "being junk" part?
>
> American cars are still fairly cheap in the UK. But we've never
> understood the "off-road" thing. 20 grand's worth of new Jeep with
> the bottom broken off it and stuck fast in Wales whilst a shit-heap of
> a 30 year old Landie bogglers happily past it is great fun - so long
> as you're in the Landie.
>
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:12:16 -0700, Larry Jaques
<novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>And we 'Murricans just love your lovely Lucas products, too, Andy. ;)
Lucas stuff has been pretty reliable since around 1990. I take
personal credit for a _little_ of this.
>Y'think it has something to do with shipping parts across the pond
>at triple price markups, too, besides the "being junk" part?
American cars are still fairly cheap in the UK. But we've never
understood the "off-road" thing. 20 grand's worth of new Jeep with
the bottom broken off it and stuck fast in Wales whilst a shit-heap of
a 30 year old Landie bogglers happily past it is great fun - so long
as you're in the Landie.
Andy Dingley wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:12:16 -0700, Larry Jaques
> <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>
>>And we 'Murricans just love your lovely Lucas products, too, Andy. ;)
>
>
> Lucas stuff has been pretty reliable since around 1990. I take
> personal credit for a _little_ of this.
What changed, other than Jaguar instituting receiving inspection with
the result of rejecting 100% of the Lucas components provided to them?
>>Y'think it has something to do with shipping parts across the pond
>>at triple price markups, too, besides the "being junk" part?
>
>
> American cars are still fairly cheap in the UK. But we've never
> understood the "off-road" thing. 20 grand's worth of new Jeep with
> the bottom broken off it and stuck fast in Wales whilst a shit-heap of
> a 30 year old Landie bogglers happily past it is great fun - so long
> as you're in the Landie.
One can break a Land-Rover too--it's all in how you drive it. For that
matter you can break a tank. Somebody who's been driving that stretch
of country for 30 years in a Land-Rover probably has learned the hard
way what he can and can't do. Someone with a new Jeep probably hasn't.
Jeep in the US has a voluntary training program for new Jeep owners.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Dave Jackson wrote:
> (snip)But we've never
> understood the "off-road" thing. 20 grand's worth of new Jeep with
> the bottom broken off it and stuck fast in Wales whilst a shit-heap of
> a 30 year old Landie bogglers happily past it is great fun - so long
> as you're in the Landie.
>
> One of my other hobbies is mud pit racing (with an old chevy 4x4 truck no
> doubt) and I've tore up many a jeep in the pit. IMO "Trail Rated" is a
> term used by Jeep instill some sense of false confidence that their stock
> vehicles can take that type of abuse. I know better.
Actually, it indicates that they have been tested on a particular stretch of
trail commonly regarded as fairly rugged and have crossed it at the hands
of expert drivers without damage. They're not intended for mud pit racing,
whatever that might be, they're intended for getting from point A to point
B and back.
> "Jeep, it's what's for dinner" --dave
>
>
> "Andy Dingley" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 06:12:16 -0700, Larry Jaques
>> <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>>
>>>And we 'Murricans just love your lovely Lucas products, too, Andy. ;)
>>
>> Lucas stuff has been pretty reliable since around 1990. I take
>> personal credit for a _little_ of this.
>>
>>>Y'think it has something to do with shipping parts across the pond
>>>at triple price markups, too, besides the "being junk" part?
>>
>> American cars are still fairly cheap in the UK. But we've never
>> understood the "off-road" thing. 20 grand's worth of new Jeep with
>> the bottom broken off it and stuck fast in Wales whilst a shit-heap of
>> a 30 year old Landie bogglers happily past it is great fun - so long
>> as you're in the Landie.
>>
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
In article <[email protected]>,
Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
> (Hey, my old B&D routah has a micrometer feed. It was way ahead of
> its time. It's a true 1-1/2 hp model which is probably as torquey
> as a 3hp today. Don't knock 'em, Rob.)
ohhh, I'm not knocking the old B&D. I had a small version..I bought it
1975-ish...orange. Die-cast. Sturdy little thing. Wish I had kept it.
It had a wee little thumb-wheel adjustment on it ..it was nice. Only
1/4" shank though.
Btw, I put that URL to the Jeep review in my post because I had this
'Hippo on a water bed visual' and laughed me arse off.
In article <[email protected]>,
Andy Dingley <[email protected]> wrote:
> They took it out and used it to make the DeWalt badge.
Me thinks that sneaker designers are working on the latest rash of Black
& Decker tools. There's more Jell-O in the handle of a B&D drill than
there is in Celine Dion's* head!
*(substitute you favourite politician) or your favourite Jeep Cherokee's
suspension: got to love this review:
http://motoring.independent.co.uk/road_tests/story.jsp?story=627577
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:20:01 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
wrote:
>Me thinks that sneaker designers are working on the latest rash of Black
>& Decker tools.
My B&D drill works fine. OK, so it's 40 years old and I wouldn't
trust anything they've made since, but...
Brits _hate_ American cars. And Jeeps in particular. The fact they're
garbage isn't entirely unrelated.
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 21:44:26 -0400, the inscrutable Robatoy
<[email protected]> spake:
>In article <[email protected]>,
> Larry Jaques <novalidaddress@di\/ersify.com> wrote:
>
>> (Hey, my old B&D routah has a micrometer feed. It was way ahead of
>> its time. It's a true 1-1/2 hp model which is probably as torquey
>> as a 3hp today. Don't knock 'em, Rob.)
>
>ohhh, I'm not knocking the old B&D. I had a small version..I bought it
>1975-ish...orange. Die-cast. Sturdy little thing. Wish I had kept it.
>It had a wee little thumb-wheel adjustment on it ..it was nice. Only
>1/4" shank though.
Mine has a lever clamp and linear dialed rack and pinion. Shiny steel
body sleeve, argent painted aluminum/mag base and black plastic.
Model 7614. Pretty cool old dog. Full 1/4" arbor. ;)
>Btw, I put that URL to the Jeep review in my post because I had this
>'Hippo on a water bed visual' and laughed me arse off.
Oh, she caught you in a weak moment, too, I see. I'm so -very- glad I
quit drinking. <sigh>
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On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 02:22:07 +0100, the inscrutable Andy Dingley
<[email protected]> spake:
>On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:20:01 -0400, Robatoy <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>>Me thinks that sneaker designers are working on the latest rash of Black
>>& Decker tools.
(Hey, my old B&D routah has a micrometer feed. It was way ahead of
its time. It's a true 1-1/2 hp model which is probably as torquey
as a 3hp today. Don't knock 'em, Rob.)
>My B&D drill works fine. OK, so it's 40 years old and I wouldn't
>trust anything they've made since, but...
Yeah, I just put a 1/2" chuck on my 25 y/o B&D, and I still have
Dad's 40 y/o model to use when I'm not using the cordless.
>Brits _hate_ American cars. And Jeeps in particular. The fact they're
>garbage isn't entirely unrelated.
And we 'Murricans just love your lovely Lucas products, too, Andy. ;)
Y'think it has something to do with shipping parts across the pond
at triple price markups, too, besides the "being junk" part?
I love that writeup in TIO. "It still looks like a Made in China
pastiche of a Jeep from the outside and, as with all Chryslers, it has
an indefinable "NHS" feel inside - you know, cheaply plastic and
greasy like an overused out-patients waiting room." Har! Michael
Booth has a wonderful way with words and he ain't shy to use 'em.
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