Sears 113.299131 - Manual (Page 22)

trouble shooting
WARNING: FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, TURN "OFF" AND ALWAYS REMOVE
PLUG FROM POWER SOURCE OUTLET BEFORE TROUBLE SHOOTING
T R O U B L E S H O O T I N G T A B L E
TROUBLE PROBABLE CAUSE REMEDY
Excessive vibration 1. Failure to tighten clamp
knob
1. See "Clamp Knob" under "Operating Controls"
2. Blade out of balance 2. Use a different blade
Cannot make square 1 . Miter gauge not 1. See "Check and Adjust the Miter Gauge" under
cut when crosscutting adjusted properly "Assembly and Adjustments"
2. Blade not properly 2. See "Aligning Saw Blade with Table Top" under
aligned "Assembly and Adjustments"
Cut binds, burns or 1. Dull blade with 1. Check set and sharpness of blade
stalls motor when improper tooth set
ripping
2. Warped board 2. True up material
3. Blade not properly 3. See "Aligning Saw Blade with Table Top" under "Assembly
aligned and Adjustments"
4. Rip fence not properly 4. See "Check and Adjust Rip Fence" under "Assembly
aligned and Adjustments"
5. Spreader out of
alignment
5. Align spreader with saw blade
Blade not true at 1. Stop screws not
1. See "Adjust the 90° and 45° Stops" under "Assembly
90° or 45° properly adjusted and Adjustments"
Tilt crank and 1. Tilt clamp knob not
1. See "Clamp Knob" under "Operating Controls"
elevating hand loosened when making
wheel turn hard tilt adjustment
2. Dirt in worm and sector
gears — and need of
lubrication
2. See "Maintenance and Lubrication"
Kickbacks when ripping 1. Not using spreader or
spreader not aligned
1. Use spreader and align with saw blade
2. Rip fence not parallel
2. Adjust rip fence. (Refer to paragraph "Assembly and
to blade Adjustments")
3. Failure to push wood 3. Push wood all the way past saw blade (Refer to
all the way past
saw blade
paragraph "Proper Operating Procedures )
4. Warped wood
4. Use caution (Refer to paragraph "Proper Operating
Procedures")
5. Anti-kickback pawls
5. Clean out any dust and apply a drop of oil around pin
not working properly Replace spring if broken
Sharpen pawl teeth with a file
6. Cut-off piece confined
6. Allow cut-off piece to move laterally
7. Failure to use push
7. Apply the push stick to the work piece between the
stick properly fence and the saw blade
8 . Dull or Improperly
set blade
8 . Use sharp, properly set blade
9. Failure to use auxiliary
9. See "Auxiliary Fence/Push Block" and “Push Stick
fence and push stick
when ripping material
narrower than 2 "
under “Proper Operating Procedures
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