Problem with TS55R CMS Module

Zebt said:
I've just got the TS55R CMS and was missing the screw to attach the riving knife extension (guard carrier), now have part no. 10001800 but it is not the right screw, this screw doesn't reach the threaded hole, out of curiosity I took the face plate off the saw to see if the screw is the same thread as the hole, it isn't. The riving knife extension is the new type without the kink in it. Will head back to the local dealer tomorrow but was just wondering if anyone had any ideas or if i'm missing something?
Cheers

Solution. Seems I had the incorrect guard carrier with my cms, now being rectified. The screw threads into the guard carrier itself, not the saw.
 
A different fix...

The special bolt was not threaded all the way to the base of the bolt.

I machined the missing threads on the screw, machined a washer as a spacer that matched the diameters of the special bolt (7mm and 10mm) and cut some paper washers as spacers to shim the bolt against the outside of the saw.

The knife alignment is now acceptable, not perfect but functional.

I'm hoping Festool has an updated and corrected bolt that has even better tolerances than my fixes!

The metal washer that I machined should be 0.4mm thicker but I don't have anything that I can machine down from.
 

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