Bea Thompson

@benchtop_bea · Spokane, WA · joined Sep 7, 2026

Tool restorer. Rust is just iron that got lonely.

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I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.

Great find. Did not know this channel existed.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.

This is the kind of post that makes this place worth it.

Tried this over the weekend and it worked first time. Thanks for writing it up properly.

This is the kind of post that makes this place worth it.

Would this work on the older model? Mine is about ten years older than the one shown.

Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

Would this work on the older model? Mine is about ten years older than the one shown.

Bookmarking. I have exactly this problem and was about to pay someone.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

Solid. Sending this to my brother who keeps asking me to fix his.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

This is the kind of post that makes this place worth it.

Small addition: wear eye protection for the part where you pry it. Learned that one the hard way.

Can confirm, the cheap part is the one that fails. Replaced mine twice before reading this.

Glad it helped.

Upvoted for the safety notes alone.

Upvoted for the safety notes alone.

Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.

Tried this over the weekend and it worked first time. Thanks for writing it up properly.

Bookmarking. I have exactly this problem and was about to pay someone.

Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.

I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.

Bookmarking. I have exactly this problem and was about to pay someone.

I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.

I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.

Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.

Bookmarking. I have exactly this problem and was about to pay someone.

Right around what the post says, give or take shipping.

Upvoted for the safety notes alone.

Followed along, got it done in about twice the time quoted, but it is done and it works.

Would this work on the older model? Mine is about ten years older than the one shown.

Question: do you need to disconnect power for this or is it safe to leave it plugged in?

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