charlese wroteA while back, I broke one of the fan blades. This set up a new noise when the planer was running. I ordered a new fan and installed it very easily. No need here to replace the motor. The inside of the 735 were pretty clean. Guess there was a big chip coming from planing a knot. :mad:
Good recommendation to clean out the inside once and a while, but mine has had little dust or chips. Lucky, I guess:)
Yes, I just had to replace the fan blade and the two-piece housing that surrounds it. The fan blades were all chipped up and the housing had a couple holes in it, both of which were on the back and bottom and thus hard to see the source of the wood chips inside. I also replaced the dust shroud, as it has some chips and cracks and was doomed to fail soon as well. I googled my problem (excessive build up of chips/saw dust inside machine) and quickly discovered it's a fairly common dilema with the 735 - the fan housing and fan blades must get damaged when planing harder woods or it's just wear and tear over time...perhaps the plastic on the fan housing gets brittle over time as well. As I mentioned, it was impossible to tell what was wrong until I took the fan housing out and saw the holes on the back/bottom. First tip was that it was getting harder to crank up/down and when I opened the top, it was full of debris...parts and shipping to replace the fan blade, housing, shroud and clips, screws and bolts were about $100 but now it runs like a Swiss watch.
