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jrichardson6

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« on: April 24, 2012, 02:40 PM »

 Unsure     Ive had this saw for about four and a half yrs and no trouble at all I use it on a dailly basis with mft3
  Today I tried to squeeze the triggers and no power !! AArgh  I took out the plug it cord and noticed one of the brass male pins in the socket housing had sheared right off and left itself stuck in the end of the plug it cord female side!! Nooo it seems i will have to
take the poor saw apart and replace the socket housing or at least replace the male power pin assembly.... I notice someone on this forum had the same happen with his domino machine. 

Has anyone any idea how to take the saw apart to replace the pins?   It looks like I will have to do this  or does anyone know a good repair shop that could do this uk london

 Ive done a temp repair by snipping a small panel pin half a mil longer than the missing pin and inserting it  into the corresponding female side of the plug it so it bridges the missing connection it works fine but I want to repair properly so i can use the plug it with other tools and vac. Cry


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« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2012, 04:04 PM »

Hi ,

Same thing happened to me about 3 weeks ago, ordered up the part and took about 10 minuites to change. Its a simple job, just have a good luck at how the saw is put together and work backwards. Smile Think the new mail conector is about £9.50, I changed the carbon bushes whilst at it , worth doing.

John
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« Reply #2 on: April 24, 2012, 05:24 PM »

I had the same thing with my TS55 also.  2 weeks before warranty was up so sent it back.  My rotex had the same problem, bought the part from TTS for £2 & fitted it myself.  Dead easy to do.  It does seem a weak point with many of the tools.

Woodguy.
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If its made of wood, i can make it smaller.
Shirt size medium
p.s- ive started reading these too
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« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 02:44 PM »

I had my first one today , plugged my 110v 1010 router in and nothing. Un plugged the plug it to find the brass pin stuck in the plug  Sad.

Suppose it will have to go back in for a 3rd time, its already been in for other problems  Mad
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 06:08 PM »

I've actually had a wee rant to a fellow Fogger about having to send in over half of my Festools for repair.  Quite disappointing considering the caliber they are supposed to be.  For all the years using Makita I can't recall ever having to send one of them back ?  Blink. Not what the Festool faithfully want to read but it is a fact !!!
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If its made of wood, i can make it smaller.
Shirt size medium
p.s- ive started reading these too
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« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 01:45 AM »

I'm sure I've had problems with every festool I've bought too.  Sad
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« Reply #6 on: May 10, 2012, 08:25 AM »

Hi ,

Same thing happened to me about 3 weeks ago, ordered up the part and took about 10 minuites to change. Its a simple job, just have a good luck at how the saw is put together and work backwards. Smile Think the new mail conector is about £9.50, I changed the carbon bushes whilst at it , worth doing.

John
Thanks John I did just that !  for those in peril.... you will need a long torx bit to get screw out inside handle  then take off handle keeping all the green mech. in situ keep the saw on its side i.e. blade housing flat on table! during the whole process this means when you take the handle covers off the screws stay in their correct holes.give handle a wiggle to get it past defective socket housing. take of the four screws that are on motor housing , the right hand section of this slides gently upward so you can get inside and disconnect
the brown wire which leads from socket.they use one of those pull off push on type connectors u need  needle nose  pliers. socket itself is attached by two torx screws to body of motor housing. other wire is visible leads to trigger mech same push pull connection et voila get new part and reverse. some pix  attached..


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« Reply #7 on: May 10, 2012, 08:41 AM »

I've actually had a wee rant to a fellow Fogger about having to send in over half of my Festools for repair.  Quite disappointing considering the caliber they are supposed to be.  For all the years using Makita I can't recall ever having to send one of them back ?  Blink. Not what the Festool faithfully want to read but it is a fact !!!
hi wood guy yes i agree! In festools defence I must say its the only fault Ive had in any of my festool I've got about 10 but i use the ts55 the most so I'm always plugging and unplugging it  from the vac/plug it . I was thinking of getting a very short 6 inch or so plug it extension so I'm plugging into that so if it fails it saves dismantling the whole casing... dunno if festool do such a short pigtail thing... 
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