Craftsman 315.214490 - Manual (Page 21)

MAINTENANCE
Carefully pull the brush straight off of the brush
holder to replace the brush. Push the new brush
on the holder until you hear it snap In place.
Remove the screw to replace both bmsh and
holder.
BRUSH HOLDER
BRUSH
Fig. 24
DRIVE BELT
See Figure 25.
WARNING: To prevent accidental starting that
could cause possible serious personal injury,
turn off the saw, remove the switch key, and
unplug the saw before working on the band saw.
Due to wear or breakage, the drive belt may need to
be replaced. The drive belt is located behind the lower
wheel of the band saw.
■ Remove the saw blade and set it aside. See
section on Installing and Adjusting Saw Blade.
■ Using retaining ring pliers, remove the retaining
ring from the lower wheel.
■ Remove the shim (washer).
■ Remove the 3 screws in the wheel and slide the
wheel off of the pulley shaft.
-Remove the pulley and worn drive belt.
Place new drive belt on the pulley. As you return
pulley to pulley shaft, place drive belt over motor
pulley. Position the pulley on the raised portion of
the pulley shaft.
Return the wheel to the pulley shaft. For correct
orientation of wheel, notice that the screw holes
on the wheel are all in recessed areas. These
must align with the screw holes on the pulley.
Replace the screws and tighten to secure wheel.
Put the shim (washer) and retaining ring back on
the pulley shaft.
Replace the saw blade. Check thrust bearings
and blade guides.
LOWER WHEEL PULLEY SHAFT
RETAINING RING
SHIM
(WASHER)
MOTOR PULLEY
DRIVE BELT
PULLEY
Fig. 25
LUBRICATION
All of the bearings in this tool are lubricated with a
sufficient amount of high grade lubricant for the life of
the unit under normal operating conditions. Therefore,
no further lubrication is required.
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