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Ciper mentioned a Dremel tool in a recent post, which reminded me... I think the bearing in my Dremel is going bad. At first it just got rather hot when I used it for more than a minute or two. Now it seems like there's a little play in it, and it actually makes a little bit of noise.

Are these bearings field-replaceable? If they are, do I have to get the bearing from the manufacturer or would I be able to just go through the bearings drawer at my local hardware store?

Thanks.

check the website http://dremel.com/html/home_fr.html
i just picked up one for the house

I looked around the site and didn't see any reference to replacing or repacking the bearings... Or were you just pointing me to their customer service?

vrg3 wrote:I looked around the site and didn't see any reference to replacing or repacking the bearings... Or were you just pointing me to their customer service?

i was just giving u there website-- if u wanna be a scumbag.... if they still make the model do a lil swap and return

Nah, I think I'll just be disassembling it and finding out for myself soon... thanks for the pointer though.