Oh, I remember that now, figured you would have bought the complete assembly. I dare not try to take mine apart unless I'm forced to. Glad to hear you got it repaired.
Steve
It's not all to complicated to be honest.
I had never worked on a saw until a few weeks ago, when I bought a 562XP with a problem.
Of course I wasn't aware of this like most novices are, and just started disassembling the saw as received, with brake engaged...
I pulled everything from the clutch cover, cleaned it out and replaced everything that was worn/broken and put it back together.
This is what I did:
Disassembly:
- Undo all screws inside cover
- Push down on the spring hard to keep it from flying into your face and insert a small flat screwdriver into the spring end, with a handle big enough so the spring won't slide over it
- Slowly start lifting the spring until it pops out and slides onto the screwdriver
- Take the rest of the parts out (nothing complicated or under pressure anymore, everything just lifts out)
Assembly:
- Put brake into engaged position if it wasn't (otherwise you'll never get the spring back on)
- Slide the spring on to the pin
- This time take a flat screwdriver that's wider than the spring, push down on the spring again with your hand so it won't fly out and then compress it carefully using the screwdriver so it fits back into the case again
- Install the remaining parts and screw everything back together
Disengaging brake while off the saw:
- Wrap the clutch cover with everything installed in a towel or similar so that it's wrapped about twice
- Clamp the wrapped cover AS LOOSE AS POSSIBLE in a vice
- Hold the brake handle firmly (no need to push excessively) against it like it were installed on the saw
- Pull back the brake handle to disengage brake
It seems like a lot of steps and a hassle, but really isn't.
Me, with no prior experience did all of the above (except the cleaning part) in about 10/15 minutes.
The only 'hard' part is to not get the spring to fly away, or stab yourself with the screwdriver installing it again (I did, lesson learned, wear gloves!).
To visualize the screwdriver thing, this is not my vid, but I used this as an example on how to do it: