Glad you solved the problem.
As for Sears routers, I began with a nice Craftsman, and as a plunge router it was nice, but as a fixed base or in the table, forget it! They seem to have good designs all except for one hangup, and it's usually the depth adjustment. Either too tight or too loose and just plain didn't work, and my frustration with them finally just wore me out. They changed that design and at the same time also changed the vac port design. So they fixed one problem and created another! Last one I bought was returned the next day because I couldn't stand the cheap vac port attachment it had, I knew it would break within a few uses, and the motor was making a strange noise and didn't seem to accelerate right. I tried another in the store and it did the same. I didn't trust it, so I bit the bullet and just bought three DeWalt routers and I've never been happier. Granted, the fixed base doesn't even have a vac port (why, DeWalt, why???) but it's ok, I'll solve that problem. As for depth adjustment and locking in place, these are super easy and second to none! I'm done with Craftsman.