Hi Mick,
I totally apologize for my incredibly late response (7 years to date), but I only recently purchased my OF2200 and wasn’t able to test the crank with the OF2200 mounted onto my CMS until now. Living in the US, I have to state for the record that I only dryfitted the 2200 onto the CMS solely to help you out and then I immediately removed it and never mounted it again - likely story - ha!
I purchased my cms several years ago and found it incredibly irresponsible that Festool charges for such a supposed premium product that can’t even properly lift the 2200. It’s simply silly and sad and seeing how Festool offers no real solution, it truly puts Festool in a bad light how they handle this. Although I have more Festool products than I can count, I now see Festool as a portable product than truly can’t match to the quality of heavy grade machinery. I mean say you purchase a beefy Jessem router lift with their variable speed motor for around $750 US. Say you add the full featured Incra router fence for another $450 and then a cast iron top, legs, and router box for another $500. That would bring your grand total to $1,700 for an overall superior product compared to the Festool. Comparatively, the CMS alone currently sells for $1,700. Add the 2200, that’s another $950, bringing your Festool total to $2,650. Ridiculous! And just to let you know I own both setups and the incra actually has superior dust collection to the Festool.
Okay enough venting.
Back to the reason for my reply.
If can get your hands on Boeshield T9 spray, spray it directly into the hole for the crank knob on the top of the CMS. See how that works. Add some to the threading of the router lift. This will resolve your issue as it has worked for me. You would think Festool would provide a lift with 2 crank shafts rather than only 1 for the steep price they charge.
Hope this helps.
Best
Jonathan
