Ryobi Spindle sander - Help

Rob, Once you take off the top nut and washer, just pull the rubber sleeve off the spindle. The spindle itself is fixed.

gary a

Thanks for the info. I picked it upi at an auction the other day - some brain surgen decided to glue sand paper right to the spindle.

So there was no rubber sleve. Tnx

razor blade time....

Hi Rob,

I have this spindle sander myself and haven't had really much problem changing spindles. I'm not sure if you have the manual or not, but if not you can download it from ryobi's tool website.

In short, there is a metal spindle and then a rubber spindle, THEN the sandpaper. You have to remove the nut and washer on top of the rubber/sandpaper assembly to remove any expansion on the rubber spindle, which is how the sandpaper is held in place. I do find it a little difficult at times to get the sandpaper off of the rubber spindle. The manual actually says to add a little talcum powder before putting the sandpaper on to ease this. I haven't tried that yet, but might in the future.

If the previous owner really did glue the paper to the rubber spindle, I'm not sure how you're going to get it off without ruining the rubber spindle. What a knucklehead if he/she did that.

Anyway, hope this helps.

Mike

He glued a sandpaper sleeve to the metal spindle???

fyi: if you get it fixed, it looks like the sleeves for the Delta BOSS will fit, if you can find Ryobi parts at HD.

Sounds like someone glued it right to the metal spindle shaft. Not the rubber drum?

As far as getting the sandpaper off of the rubber spindle, I have also heard of putting the drum in the freezer for a while, and that will shrink the rubber drum, allowing easier removal of the sand-paper sleeve. Tony

this is indeed the case. It's hard to imagine someone would glue a sleeve directly to the metal spindle, but you never know, I guess.

Mike

far out! he probably could not figure out how to tighten the nut down to compress the rubber so the sand paper would hold

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