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Just a follow up. I oiled the shafts like never before and as I ran the speed up and down I noticed the lower shaft moving in and then as the speed increased it came back out. That is when I saw the eccentric bushing was loose and so was the dive belt. I rotated the bushing and tightened everything ...

Good to know, I did think you could over oil. I understand everything is within reason but I think I may have been rather stingy in the past and underestimating how many hours I've put on it between oiling. Wait, that may make my wife right about how much time I spend in the shop. No, must be ...

Great, I'll try this first.

My hero! Not that I don't mind buying a new tool now and again but a spring...

If I'm going to go through all this would you suggest I replace the spring as well? Or will just cleaning everything up be sufficient?

Will do, thanks so much!!!

OH boy! Now I'm nervous.
Thanks for the warning. I guess I never took it that far apart before.

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. I think I will take it apart, it has been a few years since I revived it anyway.

On the lower shaft I used a screw driver to expose the hole in the shaft and oiled it, let is soak and repeated a few times. Inside the housing I took a tooth brush and cleaned off the quadrant shaft (?)and screw drive and oiled the hole on the shaft. That is I directed the 3m spout through the name ...

500. I'll get more specif information tonight and hopefully I can figure out how to post a photo or better yet a video.

I never noticed it before but the hub (exterior) of the lower shaft moves in as I turn up the speed control.