Parkside Belt Sander Problem

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Hi,
I've almost completed a job with my Parkside Belt Sander when it has decided to give up the ghost. It's about 5-6 years old but little used. It was working fine, then started making an intermittent grinding noise and the belt stopped, although the motor still runs perfectly.
Is it worth while opening it up to find out what's wrong, and send for a replacement part, or just sling it ?
 
Spirit of Glenans said:
Hi,
I've almost completed a job with my Parkside Belt Sander when it has decided to give up the ghost. It's about 5-6 years old but little used. It was working fine, then started making an intermittent grinding noise and the belt stopped, although the motor still runs perfectly.
Is it worth while opening it up to find out what's wrong, and send for a replacement part, or just sling it ?
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What have you to lose by opening it up and having a look? And then probably slinging it.:D
 
+1

My motto is if it is broke you cannot break it twice.

Always good if you are curious to identify the errant part even if parts not readily available from manufacturer.
 
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Spirit of Glenans said:
Hi,
I've almost completed a job with my Parkside Belt Sander when it has decided to give up the ghost. It's about 5-6 years old but little used. It was working fine, then started making an intermittent grinding noise and the belt stopped, although the motor still runs perfectly.
Is it worth while opening it up to find out what's wrong, and send for a replacement part, or just sling it ?
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Act quickly because I noticed Lidl had then among the specials earlier this week. They are not on the current list of specials so must be some they had left over from last week.
 
I'm currently having problems with Parkside equipment bought within the past year that has failed. Lidl aren't responding and my assumption is that they're hoping by doing nothing they'll allow their guarantee period to run out.
 
If it's the belt sander are you sure the sanding belt hasn't run into the side casing ? As the motor runs ok try replacing the sanding belt and see if it runs true .
 
I broke the drive belt on a parkside belt sander. It was easy to find a replacement on eBay. The belt had a number which seemed to be a standard size. Similarly for a broken switch on a parkside jig saw.

Obviously your problem may be different, but my point is that the items which could conceivably be replaced seem to be fairly standard. So no harm in opening it to see.
 
They are fairly simple machines so you can usually see what's amiss.
Dust is often the problem, clogging up bearings and switches which are easily replaced. One of mine finally died with a stripped toothed belt cog, not worth the hassle of finding a replacement.
I'm surprised that Topcat is having problems with warranty. I had a fault on a belt sander, they just told me to email the receipt and a new sander arrived a few days later, didn't want the faulty one back.
 
Once you identify the problem, try contacting Customer Services - I found this on Facebook:

Hi XxxxxX, our Customer Services team are best placed to help. You can contact them on 0370 444 1234 or via http://bit.ly/1WsMrEP
 
Thanks for all comments.
In the cold light of day I had a look at it and realised there was a casing on the side just held on by one screw. When removed, this revealed a broken drive belt with part numbers printed on. When I googled the number I found, on eBay and Amazon, a number of suppliers of belts of similar spec but 15mm wide rather than the 17mm of the original, some of them quite cheap, but I finally purchased a 17mm wide one at £6.25 from George Lodge (no connection etc...)
 
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