Recent content by mp10013

could be why my makita's now broke :( crap inside it, off to get the armature tested 2mo.

thanks for the good advice, appreciated. Will try and get it flash tested asap. makes sense rotor or armature as got the thing jammed (lesson learnt) probably loaded it up. it only locked up for a second though, probably less, before i let the switch off.

i think it depends on what you intent to do with them. if you occasionally slice a bit of concrete then the cheap ones are fine. if you're regularly going through more vicous materials, and you need to do it quicker then likely its worth paying a bit more. i am the former, i paid £7 for the...

already stripped back the other day and it was ok:( continuity came up good to. just need to understand how to identify a dead short in the rotor and stator

thanks. how do i test for a dead short? i have only tested for continuity but thinking about it this test isnt good enogh, wires could still touch *wrongly) but i might still get continuity. im 25 and not too good on electrical, learning though. thankyou

oops forgot to mention brushes look ok too, all well above the wear line.

hi guys, this forum sounds quite informative and i'm going to try answer some stuff on the car problems, being a mech engineer. my makita 9" grinder keeps blowing the fuse, it starts momentarily then looses all power due to blown fuse. I've checked continuity between plug and...