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Ridgid R4513 clunky noise when raising blade height

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Just picked up my first table saw on black Friday. Got a great deal and am pretty happy. After setting it up, I noticed that when raising the blade height, there is a pretty clunky noise. It feels rough like the gears are not meshing well. Lowering the blade is not as bad. Here is a link for a video so you can see/hear.

Does this seem normal? I am holding off on using it in case I need to return it, but am eager to start making some cuts.

 
#4 ·
My R4512 does not have any grease on it due to the huge amount of sawdust that flies around down there.

It seems to me that the main worm gear is not meshing correctly with the moon gear on the main motor so it seems like it is catching as it raises, but is actually skipping and not raising correctly. Coming down is no problem. It might be that the long worm gear is a bit bent, and is not catching as it comes around, or I'd look and see if the worm gear/moon gear setup is loose on the main motor/blade assembly.
If everything seems tight, that would be a take-back for me. If something is loose, a bolt can always be tightened as long as it is not stripped out from the factory.
 
#5 ·
Just picked up my first table saw on black Friday. Got a great deal and am pretty happy. After setting it up, I noticed that when raising the blade height, there is a pretty clunky noise. It feels rough like the gears are not meshing well. Lowering the blade is not as bad. Here is a link for a video so you can see/hear.

Does this seem normal? I am holding off on using it in case I need to return it, but am eager to start making some cuts.



- mospamo
Does the floor model of the saw make the same noise?
 
#7 ·
As soon as I turned the crank on my saw I was pretty alarmed by the feel and sound. I don't remember feeling that way about the floor model so I'm pretty sure it wasn't having the same problem.

You can't really see it in the video but there is a good amount of grease on the gears from the factory.

I'll be taking it back to HD later today. Hopefully I can just replace the saw from another box and keep the already assembled stand.
 
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