re: Sometimes Everything Goes Wrong

Hi Earl. we have a DeWalt 733 in our Az shop. It would not start one day and I checked and  it had power to the unit and still would not run. I tried to get the  breaker out to check it and the flange broke off when trying. I got it out and it tested fine as did the switch. So I took out the one brush on the top right side and looked at it. It was long enough and not damaged so I put it in and tried the machine and it worked !!!!!!!! What caused it???????? I'm thinking some chip got under the brush somehow and held it away from the armature. It happened like that that about 3 months later- took out that brush, put it back and away it went. Must be  wood gremlins!!