Doh, so much for good dust collection

[JayStPeter]

Last month I tripped over the cord and dc hose and pulled my trusty ATF55 off the bench and onto the concrete floor.  It hit on the dust hose connection, which was cast into the saw body on this model.  For the last few weeks, it was just cracked and still worked.  But ... not so much anymore  [crying].  The DC hose won't stay in anymore.  Major bummer, the whole DC port is cast into the main body of the saw, not into the easy to deal with outer cover.

 

[wow]

I feel for you, man. That hurts...

 

[tiralie]

Last month I tripped over the cord and dc hose and pulled my trusty ATF55 off the bench and onto the concrete floor.  It hit on the dust hose connection, which was cast into the saw body on this model.  For the last few weeks, it was just cracked and still worked.  But ... not so much anymore  [crying].  The DC hose won't stay in anymore.  Major bummer, the whole DC port is cast into the main body of the saw, not into the easy to deal with outer cover.

I broke my cover too, and reglued it with epoxy. Hopefully you still have the broken piece. As long as I didn't bang it about it was ok until I got a new part which you can identify and order using Ekat.
Tim

 

[JayStPeter]

Tim, mine's in 3 pieces.  I identified the part, looks like about $56.  How difficult is it to remove and replace?