Maintenance, Warning – Ryobi BS901 User Manual

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MAINTENANCE

DRIVE BELT

See Figures 20 and 21.

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.

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Remove the saw blade and set it aside. See section on
Installing and Adjusting the Blade, page 12.

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Remove the nut and washer from the middle of the saw
housing.

See Figure 20.

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Pull the lower wheel away from the saw housing.

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Remove the worn drive belt.

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Place new drive belt on the pulley. As you slide the
pulley shaft back into the hole in the saw housing, place
the drive belt over the motor pulley.

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Replace the nut and washer on the pulley shaft and
retighten.

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Replace saw blade.

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Check thrust bearings and blade guides.

LUBRICATION

All 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.

LOWER

WHEEL

NUT

AND

WASHER

Fig. 20

PULLEY

SHAFT

MOTOR PULLEY

Fig. 21

DRIVE BELT