Project: Home Depot McCulloch, locked up (don't laugh!)

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My boss managed to lock up the powerhead on his McCulloch MCC4516fk electric saw. It's less than a year old, BUT he lost the receipt and can't remember where he purchased it. Before he threw it away I convinced him to give it to me. Why, you might ask, would I want to take possession of a likely destroyed $100 saw? The answer is that I have a 14 year old son at home all day and I needed to find him something to keep him out of trouble.

I located the user manual and the parts list. Does anyone know of a source for an actual repair manual? The Owner's Manual basically says "No user repairable components", but I beg to differ.

Thanks for any help.

Roger

 

[dougand3]

If it doesn't spin, sounds like armature is out of it's slot and hitting windings or brushes. Motor may be riveted or welded together and tough to disassemble w/o tearing up. ( I'm guessing here - thinking about tractor starter). But you lose no $ doing so - have your son go at it. A good place to find saw service manuals is arboristsite but don't know about electrics.

 

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If it doesn't spin, sounds like armature is out of it's slot and hitting windings or brushes. Motor may be riveted or welded together and tough to disassemble w/o tearing up. ( I'm guessing here - thinking about tractor starter). But you lose no $ doing so - have your son go at it. A good place to find saw service manuals is arboristsite but don't know about electrics.

Good point - forgot about Arborsite.

I had Monkeyboy start yesterday - his progress was...underwhelming.