Repairing an 26 year Old Makita 9402 belt sander that needs a compleat teardown, clean and repair. 

This is one of the most addicting channels on RU-vid.

I think I can speak for everyone when I say we really appreciate your channel! Thank you for making these videos!!!

Reminds me of woodshop class and plugging it in for the first time and it goes flying across the bench🤣

I had really bad Carpel tunnel using one of these monsters. One day my hand locked up and let go of the sander wile it was on. It flew across the workshop until it pulled the plug up. The sander was fine though. Pure work horse. 😂 I love these videos with the older tools. It shows how well they were made and with some TLC they carry on working. 👍🏻

I think in Australia the 9401 has been replaced by the 9403. Thanks for tutoring us through so many repairs Dean!

That’s funny, that’s exactly how i met my wife back in 87! Her friend let her come along to a job site to clean up after yours truly, the electricians on site. As I go to step out of a room her friend went zooming by riding a sander and drove straight into and through a sheetrock wall! Talk about a good belly laugh, he never lived his clown title down to this day! He’s lucky his dad was the company owner! The kicker was it was a mental health facility we were wiring lol, how fitting. Needless to say we were destined to be together (the wife and I) and are still crazy happy together 37 years later🤪 Thanks for triggering this memory Dean …✌🏼nice tear down btw👍🏼👍🏼 as usual!

What perfect timing. My father has one of these I've had sitting in my "To fix" pile from the 90's. I hadn't gotten around to it because I thought it was going to be a far bigger project than it is. Almost the same problem, bearings squealing but probably not as bad as that one as once it started making noise it got put away. Now that I know how simple of a project that is and because I happen to have those bearings sitting around, I believe I know what my next afternoon project is gonna be.

A comprehensive tear down very helpful Thanks

you gave the sander the deluxe treatment at Dean's Tool Spa, it left your shop feeling twenty years younger !

Another quality tear down and repair video love the work Dean.

A thorough job by the wizard.Loved every bit of the video

Excellent work and good advice

I have the little brother to that machine. It is no where near as heavy duty, but it has served me well over the years.

Trucks jake brake in the back ground. I hsd a semi trailer going up the highway just as i heard it in the video 😁👍👍

i learnt things in this video like friction plate and shims and what they do and why they are there , thank you dean

Another brilliant tear down would be very interesting if you could get hold of wolf sapphire machines for a strip down 👍

Hard to miss your videos ❤

I bought a very old Makita 9924DB for €30...it works, and it hasn't been used much...I have to inspect it so that it will work for many years...I also have all the bearings, etc.it looks like an indestructible machine that is easy to repair...simple solid construction, not like today's machines that are made to be thrown away...I'm already looking forward to the restoration.😃

Love this old powertools, made simple, durable and easy to fix

We have my late dads 1980's Wolf version, it had 1 new motor in the 1990's and a rear drive drum when the rubber started to shed, i love it it probable needs a new lead after my dad ran it over sanding our parquet floor down, i noticed though that the 1902 had a thinner lead than ours, ours is rubberised and 8mm thick, great brake down and service, what other dinosaur will you get in, i cannot wait.

After 26 years of use and she's still tight... should have married a Makita

That’s good for another 25years now.

I do own two smaller belt sanders, one is very old now. On the right job they are a useful tool. I never owned or used a 4 inch version. A great rebuild video Dean, I always learn something new from you.

Haha hahaha bandwidth on plug it in, off she goes across the bench, to the foor. We all done something like that. Nice job Dean, more work to do now with a 26 year old machine. Great to see that.

Lovely tidy job

Today I opened up a cordless hoover for cleaning, I could hear your voice in the back of my head 😅🤣

Great job - I'm learning a lot from you 🙂

That is a work horse, i got same sander made by WOLF All parts i was getting from this makita model when i was rebuilding mine one.

brilliant and honest

Nice job again Dean. And big Howdy from Texas.

Excellent Dean, those old Makita's were beasts.

I’ve got the equivalent ELU belt sander , with the adjustable base frame,bought in 1990, still going strong . But I still have tool envy watching this . Despite the amount of aluminium in it, it weighed a ton 😳

As good as new - fabulous workmanship and wonderful videos - thank you!

Was kinda hoping for a 9403/9404, would have been interesting to see the rollers teardown on those. Nevertheless this one got up an running nicely again!

Sound is exactly the same as my modern M9400 sander, the only one available a few years ago.

I also recenty found 80s sheet metal cutters for like 50 euros. Runs and cuts like a champ. Full aluminium body. No sign of plastics anywhere. They really don't make them as they used to

Good thing those old tools arent coated with clear coat for extra protection. That coating falls apart after a decade or so and becomes like a sticky residue. Only way to remove it is a baking soda and water paste, but then you need to put new coat on it too. Sadly many people throw those things out.

nice work ,, thats it set for another twenty years .

I like the Makita repair videos. But I have been looking to see if you have done a Makita HDR202 before? Can you have you yet. I have one, led lights up but motor isn't spinning.

Goofed as new your amazing

Only at 17:00 I've noticed that there was a power tool in the video Was confused until then

classic Dean

great work. though what about the fanshroud up to the right? at 32:48 its not on table but at the end its up to the right. did you take it out again or sparepart? just watching intensiv and learning:-)

People may say ‘why dont people do the maintenance’. They are…. They are literally sending in to be repaired, kind of like with cars etc

Hell, im only 1 year older than that sander...

The tools from before were of better quality. Today's ones are not and we pay more than before.

I have the Maktec version of this sander - works well. :-)

Wizard.

Any thoughts on why Makita has different part numbers for the 3 6200 bearings?

For the work you did on this, how much would you charge for parts and labour?

Nice Job as usual. What puller did you use (brand/type) @14:20 ?

Good afternoon dean i have a dewalt dc618 nail gun motor runs but not firing nails can i send it to you for repair

20:16 Good noise.

Is there any reason why screws and components are randomly thrown across the bench

tough "tank" sander

Great video, how much would you charge for this repair/service?

Is that a JIS driver bit you're using, or are you just being careful with a Philips I could never find a long bit that size in JIS was tempted to cut one out of a screwdriver

That old girl was made for a 100% duty cycle. People don't understand what that is

You have a dinosaur 🦕 😊😊😊

Зачем раскидывать детали по столу не аккуратно? У тебя было трудное детство?

Why not put the proper belt on?

Classic but aren’t we all 🧒

Can't have your tools running off on you , ha!