I’ve had my XXL since 12/2019, really don’t know the hours used but not excessive for this is just a hobby for me.
Last week I went to do a little job and noticed when I turned on the router at around 2 on the speed dial it started making a “surging” sound and what I would call a very small knocking sound. This all goes away if you speed up the router.
About the second time I used it back in Dec. I put a piece of women’s hosiery around the top of the router to try and keep dust out. This has worked well seeing I have to clean this quite often.
Could this be the brushes or something else going on?
Could be brushes (didn’t we include a spare set or two?) or might be bearings — if you still have this problem after swapping bearings let us know at support@carbide3d.com and we’ll sort it out.
If bearings are bad in the first year that’s a warranty item and we’ll send a replacement router (and you could then source new bearings (same as for the Makita RT0701/0700) and replace them yourself for a spare)