OldSkewl

Ray, it's a type 1. Pretty loud and after a few seconds the upper and lower heads would want to meet and bend the blade. Lots of reasons to rattle and' the counerweight came right off in my hand. Now to find online Dewalt parts in Canada. Bearings have been ordered from bearingscanada.com as per the list provided on an older post

This old girl needs a lot of TLC ☺ I'll try to send some pics of the problems as I move along with the rebuild. Bob's video already helped ... who woulda thunk the motor shaft bolt was reverse threaded LOL See the pics for: 1. Both sleeves show hammer marks from the bearings 2. The screw shows flat threads. Sleeve and bearing must have seized. 3. Looking at both pics you can see the travel of the bearing in the connector rod The sleeves and screw are from the lower head. Some of bearings are worn flat. And I'm just starting. Kinda hard to do stuff by flashlight when the power is out Nice to see very little sawdust in the machinery

Thanks, Ray. It did seem too sloppy but I wanted to be sure. I already have a mini grease gun and needle but I'll definitely use the pipe cleaners to clean and then spread the grease.

Just starting to rebuild a 788 I picked up. Ordered the bearings and sleeves as suggested in previous posts, short of some wear on the screws (to be replaced) and some sloppiness around the smaller bearings the unit seems to be in good shape. I had a question about the large, sealed bearing on the motor end of the "con rod assy" (connector rod assembly? Part Number 286280-00). Should this have a loose fit between the bearing and the rod? I can move the rod almost a quarter inch in and out of the bearing. Pretty sure if I worked it enough, the rod would come right off the bearing, leaving the bearing attached to the counterweight. Is this normal? Thanks