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26th January 2024, 03:01 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Fix or chuck these two ROS
Hi. I have two Bosch PEX random orbital sanders with problems and I’m trying to work out what to do with them.
They both have the same problem. Turn them on and they get up to full revs quickly, but as soon as you apply load they die. Revs down to zero or very nearly so.
Both got into this state when pushed very hard to sand floors in a desperate bid to right some problems before the professional floor installers arrived at our place.
What causes this ?
Are they fixable DIY?
if the answer is ‘chuck them out’ then no problem but importantly I just want to understand how things fail.
Cheers
ArronApologies for unnoticed autocomplete errors.
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26th January 2024, 08:43 PM #2
Worn brushes?
If these are the Bosch green machines that I think they are, they are DIY grade machines and probably not worth the effort to fix. YMMV
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8th February 2024, 07:03 PM #3Senior Member
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Looks like burnt-out armature windings in the motors. So toss them.
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8th February 2024, 08:51 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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