aninchlow
10-09-2009, 09:32 PM
Just picked up a Ridgid 700 in so called "GOOD" condition off of EBAY. Came with everything and it looked really good hardly any damage or paint missing (which on a pipe threader is pretty good).
I plugged it in and it turns forward perfectly no grinding or evil noises. Push the trigger the other way and it sounds like a locked rotor and it blows the breaker. No magic smoke or bad smells, and when I open it up there isn't anything blackened or looking amiss. The wires all look new and the rotor / brushes appear to be in good shape (more than 1/2" on the brushes left). I ragged off the contact surface on the brush / armature interface and a little oil came off but not enough to worry about. no obvious blow loops.
I'm an electrician and I'm certainly not shy about taking tools apart, but before I go and "fix" this item or negotiate it's return to the seller on EBAY, especially because it is otherwise in really great shape; I'd like to know if it is a common problem (i.e. OH thats just a bad trigger / rectifier that isn't tripping the start coil properly).... How much are these to fix?
cheers,
I plugged it in and it turns forward perfectly no grinding or evil noises. Push the trigger the other way and it sounds like a locked rotor and it blows the breaker. No magic smoke or bad smells, and when I open it up there isn't anything blackened or looking amiss. The wires all look new and the rotor / brushes appear to be in good shape (more than 1/2" on the brushes left). I ragged off the contact surface on the brush / armature interface and a little oil came off but not enough to worry about. no obvious blow loops.
I'm an electrician and I'm certainly not shy about taking tools apart, but before I go and "fix" this item or negotiate it's return to the seller on EBAY, especially because it is otherwise in really great shape; I'd like to know if it is a common problem (i.e. OH thats just a bad trigger / rectifier that isn't tripping the start coil properly).... How much are these to fix?
cheers,