I give you enormous credit for being patient to resolve this major malfunction by De Walt. DeWalt is a great brand and they shouldn't allow this to happen in the first place.
I just finished pulling my inherited planer apart (same model) and your video was very helpful. My problem is a broken housing and I can still order this. The bearing you replaced are Babbitt bearings invented many years ago and still used today. They are designed as a sacrificial material and can actually be melted and recast. I believe Fine Woodworking had an article on these many years ago.
I had the same problem. I used a Bosch 12 volt Impact driver with an excellent phillips bit to break the screws loose and saved needing an easy out. My bushings looked like yours. My chain also had a couple of stiff links. Replaced the bushings and chains and all is well.
Planed one side of about 90 old fence planks tonight and when I went to do the other side of the planks, my planer started skipping similar to this video. The cutter head was jumping a bit too. There aren’t too many videos about this model out there, so I came across yours pretty quick and very much appreciate it. I ordered some new bushings without even having a look at my old ones, ‘cause I’m sure this is the same problem I’m facing. Fingers crossed and much appreciated!
I have one of those 733's and have used it very little. I think I will take it apart and grease and oil everything. Too bad you didn't find the bad bearing first.
Thanks a bunch! Watching your video and seeing how easy it is to get the sprockets. I purchased this model for $60 cuz the guy busted the sprocket. Ordered the sprocket and should be fixed!
I just took apart my DW733 and ran into the exact same problem with the roller screws stripping/breaking. After going through 2 screws I decided to heat up the following screws with a hot air gun, the remaining screws came out perfectly. They are lock tited in so use heat
I was having a similar issue, maybe not exactly the same but all I did was lube the chain and bushings (shaft???). I lubed everything. Now it seems good. Even if you're not having issues like this it might be wise to just lube everything up every now and then.
I have the same issue with my DW733. I found the problem to be that the bushings on the roller are worn out and need to be replaced. It seems logical as I have owned this planer for 20 years. The bushings are about $3 a piece and you might as well replace all four.
Hello , congratulations for the work, your videos are great . I'm from Brazil and my is not very good English and I did not where to buy the dowels could tell me the site , thank you
Just in case there may be someone as dumb as me looking around for a feeding issue. While changing the blades once , I accidentally installed one of the three upside down and this caused the planer not to feed properly
Could you please send me the website you mention in the conclusion where you got the parts from - I'm having the same issues with my 733. Thanks - very informative videos. Thanks again for the detail. Look forward to getting the website.
