Spring needed for Skil Saw

[maradcliff]

I got a Skil circular saw. The spring that returns the guard vanished. I am constantly burying the blade in the lawn. I am sure that if I contact Skil they will charge $20 shipping for a 50cent spring. Does anyone know of anything that I might be able to get a spring out of? Just looking for ideas. Maybe something automotive???

Thanks

Mark

[Tom]

Mark wrote:>I got a Skil circular saw. The spring that returns the guard

Your local Ace hardware should have a reasonable facsimile. Tom Work at your leisure!

[John McGaw]

Have you tried simply contacting the local Skil service center to obtain the correct part? In my experience bits and pieces like this are seldom overwhelmingly expensive -- they usually save _those_ prices for the internal parts. You can find a local center (in the US anyway) at

. Or you can go to the root site and select a different country to start looking.

[P©WÉ®T©©LMAN]

Its only $3 at the most (depending which model you have)....get it at any Bosch / Skil dealer. Most have a tray of them, we give them for free with our business card as a goodwill gesture which may bring the customer back at a later date for a real repair.