Hello-
I'm new here and I inherited a Craftsman 315.17461 from my grandfather but the shaft lock is broken. The switch slides back and forth but does not lock the shaft in any position. I found the manual on this forum and have looked at threads for similar routers. The manual simply says that it should be taken to a licensed repairman if anything is wrong under the cap. That ain't happenin'.
To start, I can not get the cap off the top. I removed the 3 screws on top and see from other posts that there is a small screw that attaches the red plastic part of the switch to the internal part that I need to remove to get the cap off but I can not see the screw from the outside and don't know how to get access to it. Once the cap is off, does anyone have any advice for how to repair the shaft lock? Thanks
Tim
I'm new here and I inherited a Craftsman 315.17461 from my grandfather but the shaft lock is broken. The switch slides back and forth but does not lock the shaft in any position. I found the manual on this forum and have looked at threads for similar routers. The manual simply says that it should be taken to a licensed repairman if anything is wrong under the cap. That ain't happenin'.
To start, I can not get the cap off the top. I removed the 3 screws on top and see from other posts that there is a small screw that attaches the red plastic part of the switch to the internal part that I need to remove to get the cap off but I can not see the screw from the outside and don't know how to get access to it. Once the cap is off, does anyone have any advice for how to repair the shaft lock? Thanks
Tim