I Resurrected my Festool TS55 tracksaw for less than a tenner!

So I've had my Festol TS55 REBQ for 5 years or so, and it's had a lot of commercial use in that time

It's out of warranty, and recently It started to loose power, and become unreliable. Having done zero maintenance on it for the whole of it's life, i feared the worst, and set it aside in favour of my cordless circular saw from Hikoki, But i need it for a job that's coming up, and so so decided to try and fix it, rather than buy a new one.... turned out the brushes were at fault, and they are a really easy fix, for less than £10. Even using genuine festool parts from a dealer.

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[jasonmejia]

Hello my friend! This is a great video. I
I had the same issue with my saw. After watching your video I noticed you cleaned it out pretty well. Initially I was going to buy brushes as you did but after I saw your brushes were hardly worn And there was lots of dust in the saw. I decided to blow it out first & wouldn’t you know the saw came back to life.
Again thank you for the video and you’ll definitely have a follow for me.
Cheers!

[OzrikKnob]

Thanks for this. I ordered new brushes half way through your video; this is exactly the problem I'm having with an HK 55.

[JohnSmith-pnvl]

i do this stuff a lot, you wanna clean the rotor, use a fine grid sandpaper and press it lightly against the rotor while spinning it until the copper is shiny again.
you could clean the slits with something pointy depending on the condition.
this brushes are perfectly fine, no need for the new ones.

[bobbauvian]

the used brushes are practically new. nice thanks for showing exactly how to remove the more difficult to remove brush.

[SMee]

Always a bonus when you can repair your own tools so there's not so much time lost through postage, and it was hella cheap!
Nice one, mate. 👍🏾

[joselinares]

Puedo usar esta herramienta para cortar Cuarzo?

[woodworks]

Where did you get genuine brushes for less than ten quid? I'm away to change mine.

[Stronic]

Thanks for uploading, I will know how to change mine when the time comes. The old bushes were not very worn, apart from the grooves-seems like they are necessary to make proper contact with the commutator. I picked us an Erika 85 two months ago, so you won't hear me grumbling about Festool prices. 😁

[pokypie]

the groves are to allow the brush to bed in quicker that's why it sounded better after a couple of runs

[kieranardaen-webb]

My saw started doing this the other day. I noticed your electronic break isn’t kicking in. Is it working now?

[andyjames]

Very clean looking machine for six years old mate. Great video and very helpful as my TS55 suddenly started to play up, it starts up ok but as I plunge it loses power briefly then it’s ok or it’ll start up normally then run on reduced power for the rest of the cut, almost like I’ve turned the speed down from 6 to 3. Hoping it’s just the brushes and maybe a clean up inside the compartment

[danieljerloew]

how did it hold up? ;-) Just changed my brushes, and i hope it also has a "run in" timer, cause theres more sparks now than before haha. But i heard they need to settle in. Do your saw still work till this day?

[normanboyes]

Useful video and thank you for doing it.👍 I did not see the commutator in detail so cannot comment on that, but you showed plenty of sparking in the before shots and not afterwards - was there still sparking? If there is it may be worth sending back to Festool - not sure but there may be capacitors fitted for radio signal suppression that may have failed. The grooves on the new brushes are to allow them to ‘bed in’ to the commutator surface more quickly. BTW I own a TS55 and I honestly would have paid another £100 for the time it saves to cut mm perfect with a good finish each and every time. Same goes for the Domino. Wish I had bought years ago.

[thepeginator]

I bought a TS55 a couple of months ago, the sound after you changed the brushes sounds more to less identical to my brand new’n.

Found your channel from makers international podcast, which I found from fools with tools podcast. Just started listening from ep.1 - should keep me going for a bit!!

[jpwoodwork]

first video on changing the brushes, ur a trend setter mate

[chrismorrison]

Very good video - thank you. Had the same problem with my one - exactly the same "ill" noise etc. Just changed the brushes (which were considerably more worn than your example), but it sadly has not fixed it - still sounds "ill". Any suggestions of what else may be causing it? Mny thx. Chris.

[dsaworxcarpentrysolutions]

Where did you get the hikoki vacuum adapter?

[Everythings_Adjustable]

The brushes will take a little while to bed in Mate 👍 😊

[MazMaslin]

Missed your channel, but found yt had unsubbed me. Hope all is well bud.

[retiree]

Seeing that dust you pulled out at the start, I wonder whether that was your problem and not the brushes. A good blow through with an airline may have been a good move before reassembly.