Blade Guide

Bearings

The blade guide bearings must be properly adjusted. One bearing on each assembly has an eccentric bushing that allows the distance between bearings to be adjusted. The bearings are secured in place by a hex nut and lock wash- er shown in Figure 53.

Eccentric Bushing

Hex Nut

Figure 53. Blade guide adjustments.

To adjust the blade guide bearings:

1.UNPLUG THE BANDSAW!

2.Position the bandsaw in the vertical position.

3.Loosen the hex nut that secures the bearing to the eccentric bushing.

4.Using a 13mm open-end wrench, adjust the eccentric bushing position to achieve the desired clearance. The bearing and blade should have a clearance of 0.001".

5.Tighten the nut to lock the bearing in posi- tion.

6.Adjust the other eccentric blade guide bear- ing in the same manner. The backing bear- ing should have a gap between 0.002-0.003" from the back of the blade.

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Grizzly G1010 instruction manual Blade Guide Bearings, To adjust the blade guide bearings