One of the threads that I can no longer find. About belt sanders, had a post in it about the lower Idler Pulley breaking shortly after starting use. My SA 180 arrived and I put it all together. the upper portion where the belts are housed when in use was pre assembled. I followed the directions to the letter and when I turned it on for the first time. I heard a snap and the belt did not move.
When I took off the cover on the left side the top pulley was in two large pieces and one small one. It goes with out saying I was not a happy camper. After checking the three pieces very closely with my four power cheater glasses it looks very much like the plastic part was cracked when installed. I am supposed to have two replacement parts coming from Delta. But that may or may not be true.
I took the three pieces in the house and washed the oil off with dish soap and a tooth brush. Dried them in front of a fan and drilled some strategic holes in the parts. After mixing a generous amount of JB Weld I set about puting the pulley back together, making sure that some if it was in my drilled holes. This morning I cleaned up most of the unwanted JB from the pulley and by noon I had things back together again. I was about half scared to flip the switch but I did. And, low and behold the darn thing worked like a charm. I only had to make one slight adjustment to get the belt just a bit better centered. Now I feel better about the machine and am waiting ont the other belts that I ordered from Discount Abrasives. I'm ready for show time.
I will never complain about the cost of JB Weld again. When you need something to really work it will perform very admirably.
When I took off the cover on the left side the top pulley was in two large pieces and one small one. It goes with out saying I was not a happy camper. After checking the three pieces very closely with my four power cheater glasses it looks very much like the plastic part was cracked when installed. I am supposed to have two replacement parts coming from Delta. But that may or may not be true.
I took the three pieces in the house and washed the oil off with dish soap and a tooth brush. Dried them in front of a fan and drilled some strategic holes in the parts. After mixing a generous amount of JB Weld I set about puting the pulley back together, making sure that some if it was in my drilled holes. This morning I cleaned up most of the unwanted JB from the pulley and by noon I had things back together again. I was about half scared to flip the switch but I did. And, low and behold the darn thing worked like a charm. I only had to make one slight adjustment to get the belt just a bit better centered. Now I feel better about the machine and am waiting ont the other belts that I ordered from Discount Abrasives. I'm ready for show time.
I will never complain about the cost of JB Weld again. When you need something to really work it will perform very admirably.
