Thread: DeWALT DWE7491-XE clunking/grinding sound when winding blade down

Hi FF

hope I'm not getting the blame for that lol

there are some good youtubes concerning the maintenance around this area

one of the things i've taken note of is : not to use grease anywhere due to the sawdust sticking to it and clogging up those gears and mostly the thread on the motor body/winder shaft, if stripped is very expensive to replace

rather than grease, the advice was to use inox , wd 40 or similar dry lube where the sawdust wont stick as readily

mine grumbles a bit in the gears but it is consistent no matter where it is, and it is new

I'll be making a habit of periodically blowing out the workings with compressed air

Hodgo

Originally Posted by Hodgo

hope I'm not getting the blame for that lol

Yeah, when I saw that you'd read the thread I was nearly going to post "And this is your fault Hodgo!"

I did consider about sawdust sticking to the grease, and then I thought, meh, I can just wipe off the excess when it has penetrated into the female part of the mechanism. It's not like the sawdust doesn't stick anyway.

I spoke to the DeWalt Technician, and he suggested checking those two screws for tightness. The black one was fine, so I released the locknut on the silver screw above it, tightened it a tiny bit – some improvement – a tiny bit more and the problem is solved. Would have been about 1/32 of a turn I reckon, perhaps a smidgen more.

Awesome, glad you got it sorted

interesting info regarding those screws, I've taken note of that too

I think I had the same problem - clicking and jumping when winding down. Strangely it went away on its own... So I forgot about it for a while.

Useful observations - thanks for sharing!