Saving Pvt Makita

[martin42006]

So this grinder has been in the family for quite some time and done alot of work. So when it finally chewed through its gears whilst I was making exhausts it was a bit of a sad day.


We thought it was the end for it.
Then whilst looking for a new one I stumbled across a site.
You can order all the parts for Makitas.
So for the meagre sum of £20 I gave it a shot.


All the new parts arrived and I started the reassembly
New bearing, probably unnessecary.


New gears and some fresh grease, red is fine.

New spring and button as the old one had fallen off years before the grinder gave up.

Fresh disk and off we go. Once again fully functional.

[cdwood2010]

That's quite impressive.

Stuff like this gets chucked because it's often quicker and cheaper than fixing them, but interesting to see that it's not that impossible.

[martin42006]

Yes i think thats a big part along with peoples unwillingness to open something up and see if it can be fixed.
I have always believed that if you fix things for a bit of fun and just to see if you can then when it comes time that something has to be fixed then its not such a problem.
It cost me less than a new one and only took about 20mins so win win.

[manitou]

Jun 19, 2018 12:05:00 GMT martin42006 said:

Yes i think thats a big part along with peoples unwillingness to open something up and see if it can be fixed.

I'm always willing to open something up to see if I can fix it, it's just the fixing it and putting it back together bit that i'm not so good at.