Fixing a Miter saw handle ....help...

[Rcajun]

So I borrowed a Ryobi Miter Saw from my Father in law. The d handle has always been a tad loose. It has a screw on the back that allows it to loosen and rotate. I want to lock it back in place when I return it so my father in law doesn’t think I broke it, however it will not tighten down. Any tips or tricks to know about? I am wondering if there is some dust down in the threads however before I take it apart anymore thought I would check with the tool gods.




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[ishiboo]

Stripped out... that's a stupid design. You can see the plastic over the top of the threads.

It looks like a possible solution would be to get a jam nut or grind a regular hex nut down, weld it to a few pieces of scrap steel so it it's square and as wide as the area between the two pieces of plastic, and then put it back together. Unless that's how it was intended to be (since there's that pocket there) and they forgot the nut?

 

[The Cobbler]

show a picture of the end of the knob . is there a hole in there where a nut should be?

if the nut is molded in the handle , you could insert a heli coil or thread repair .

 

[Moman01]

If the treads are stripped on the yellow plastic handle could you just super glue a nut to it

 

[ScottsGT]

Ryobi surprisingly has parts available for older tools. I loaned out my Ryobi Miter saw to a co-worker. It cost me $65 and an hour of my time to fix it. I did the repair at work, with the co-worker observing and the parts receipt sitting right there. Think he would step up and offer to pay? No, he just asked if he could take it back home and finish his work.
Nope, I've got a few projects lined up at home I need it for. About 10 years worth.

 

[Rcajun]

The nut on the yellow handle looks good to go,I.e. not stripped. The end that inserts into the blue handle I cannot tell. Looks like more disassembly needed.


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[Rcajun]

All that blue isn’t good.




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[Rcajun]

I put vise grips on the rod and tightened down the bolt. Good to go.


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[CTyankee]

Ryobi surprisingly has parts available for older tools. I loaned out my Ryobi Miter saw to a co-worker. It cost me $65 and an hour of my time to fix it. I did the repair at work, with the co-worker observing and the parts receipt sitting right there. Think he would step up and offer to pay? No, he just asked if he could take it back home and finish his work.
Nope, I've got a few projects lined up at home I need it for. About 10 years worth.

Good for you. Sad part is....it doesn't surprise me.

 

[Augus7us]

I have a very similar saw and I don't recall mine having that knob.

If it were me I would try to find a way to epoxy a nut in there and call it done. Probably not a perfect solution but modern epoxy is tough stuff and ordering parts is probably going to be expensive if they still have them available.

 

[FANTM58]

All that blue isn’t good.




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It looks like the nit is slipping in the blue surround
I would try epoxy around the nut..

 

[pepi]

Good for you. Sad part is....it doesn't surprise me.

Very true, a reason I do not lend out tools.... send them to HF

Pep

 

[wasfast]

A buddy at work, literally yesterday, offered me a Ryobi TSS100L1 sliding miter saw. He bought it and barely used it. Lent it to an electrician friend who lost the parts to the guard assembly because he couldn't figure out how to change the blade, destroyed the blade that was originally on the saw, broke the knob that locks down the rotation for cutting angles and then just returned it to my buddy. What a bunch of idiots.

My buddy is moving and wants to get rid of the saw. I have it but we haven't agreed on a price. The nerve of people that borrow things!