laverda
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Inland saws are poorly designed
Inland saws are poorly designed
I bought an inland saw on a group buy probably 2 years ago and used it a few times. Then it sat for a long time without use. 6 months ago when I want to use it again it was totally frozen. On disassembly I discovered the upper wheel bearing was totally rusted. Rusted so bad that it was impossible to disassemble without damaging the tension block and wheel.
For a saw that is supposed to be suitable for cutting corals and uses water to aid the cutting process, it is very poorly designed. There is no seal what so ever to keep water out of the upper bearing. My saw failed after very little use, necessitating replacement of the upper wheel, bearing, mounting bolt and tension block. The manufacture did not even acknowledge that their is an issue with the design when I questioned that their is no seal, slinger or shield to keep water away from the bearing. Any of which could easily be incorporated into the design.
Clearly Inland knows this is a problem since they sell these parts as a kit for $42.95. That does not makeup for poor design! Clearly their slogan "building what we'd like to own" is not the case. Who would want a saw that fails after less then 5 hours of use? I believe their may not have been any grease or the bearing when assembled for it to fail so prematurely. I also do not appropriate them charging over twice the actual cost of shipping for items that should be replaced under warranty.
Needless to say I will be spending the extra few cents to include a seal of some sort when I rebuild my saw.
My guess is this is the reason others have said their saws do not last more then a year usually. I am sure if I had use mine every day it would not have had the chance to rust solid, but still the bearing would inevitably fail long before it should.
I would recommend anyone buying the inland saw disassemble the upper wheel, lubricate the bearing and if nothing else add a thin rubber washer between the wheel and tension assembly and the wheel and circlip to act as a slinger to help keep water away from the bearing. I will be looking at mine closely and probably modify it to use sealed bearings.
Inland saws are poorly designed
I bought an inland saw on a group buy probably 2 years ago and used it a few times. Then it sat for a long time without use. 6 months ago when I want to use it again it was totally frozen. On disassembly I discovered the upper wheel bearing was totally rusted. Rusted so bad that it was impossible to disassemble without damaging the tension block and wheel.
For a saw that is supposed to be suitable for cutting corals and uses water to aid the cutting process, it is very poorly designed. There is no seal what so ever to keep water out of the upper bearing. My saw failed after very little use, necessitating replacement of the upper wheel, bearing, mounting bolt and tension block. The manufacture did not even acknowledge that their is an issue with the design when I questioned that their is no seal, slinger or shield to keep water away from the bearing. Any of which could easily be incorporated into the design.
Clearly Inland knows this is a problem since they sell these parts as a kit for $42.95. That does not makeup for poor design! Clearly their slogan "building what we'd like to own" is not the case. Who would want a saw that fails after less then 5 hours of use? I believe their may not have been any grease or the bearing when assembled for it to fail so prematurely. I also do not appropriate them charging over twice the actual cost of shipping for items that should be replaced under warranty.
Needless to say I will be spending the extra few cents to include a seal of some sort when I rebuild my saw.
My guess is this is the reason others have said their saws do not last more then a year usually. I am sure if I had use mine every day it would not have had the chance to rust solid, but still the bearing would inevitably fail long before it should.
I would recommend anyone buying the inland saw disassemble the upper wheel, lubricate the bearing and if nothing else add a thin rubber washer between the wheel and tension assembly and the wheel and circlip to act as a slinger to help keep water away from the bearing. I will be looking at mine closely and probably modify it to use sealed bearings.
