Clarke CBS45MD Operation & Maintenance Instructions Manual page 22

Motor running too
hot
Bad cuts (not
cutting square)
Bad cuts (rough)
Blade is twisting
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1. Blade tension too high.
2. Drive belt too tight.
3. Gears need lubrication.
4. Blade is binding.
1. Feed pressure too great.
2. Guide bearing not adjusted
properly.
3. Inadequate blade tension.
4. Dull blade.
5. Speed incorrect.
6. Blade guides too far apart.
7. Blade guide assembly loose
8. Blade tracks too far away
from wheel flanges.
1. Too great a speed of feed.
2. Blade is too coarse.
3. Blade tension slack.
1. Blade is binding.
2. Too much blade tension.
1. Reduce blade tension.
2. Reduce belt tension.
3. Check oil bath.
4. Decrease feed speed.
1. Reduce pressure by
increasing spring tension
of the saw.
2. Adj guide bearing
clearance not greater
than 0.001".
3. Increase blade tension.
4. Replace blade.
5. Adjust speed.
6. Adjust guides space.
7. Tighten.
8. Check and adjust blade
tracking.
1. Decrease speed of feed
2. Replace with finer
blade.
3. Adjust blade tension.
1. Decrease feed pressure
2. Decrease blade tension
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