How to Remove & Install an Arbor Bushing

Cutting different types of materials for construction purposes requires the use of saws. Whether you are using a portable circular saw or a table saw, the rotating blade is held on with an arbor collar so that it does not come loose and wiggle while cutting. If you need to use a smaller saw in the table or circular saw housing, you need to add a spacer, known as a bushing into the arbor collar that is a right fit for the blade. To add the new bushing, you will have to remove the old arbor bushing.

Things You'll Need

• Screwdriver
• Rubber mallet
• Two blocks of hardwood
• Rubber

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Change the bushing by taking out the old one. Place the screwdriver's tip into the slot on the bushing. Tap the end of the screwdriver with the rubber mallet.

   • 2

     Widen the bushing by continuing to tap the screwdriver. Slide the bushing out of the arbor shaft.

   • 3

     Place the new bushing. Lay the arbor support onto a wooden block. Rest the bushing on top.

   • 4

     Line up the bushing with the bore hole. Set the second wooden block on top of the bushing. Tap the block with the rubber mallet until the bushing is inside the arbor and the edges are flush.