Metabo & Makita Repair Service

**Accumulator** · 10-26-2008, 10:28 AM

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but anyhow...

Anybody have a good service facility for Metabo and/or Makita rotaries?

For some reason *BOTH* of my rotaries have wobbly spindles :hairpull I`m no rotary-Meister to begin with, and this is making things even harder for me. I hardly ever use these things but here I am, struggling with this in the middle of a job, and I sure want `em fixed before the next time.

Can`t figure out how I coulda done it (never abused them, but really- when both have the same issue it just screams "user error!") but I gotta get these things squared away.

We have a local local Makita service center, but they don`t, uhm... inspire confidence. If anyone has had good results with some repair center I`d like to hear about it.

**David Fermani** · 10-26-2008, 10:59 AM

I went to Yellowpages.com and searched under Makita and found to places in Cincinnati. Are you sure your backing plate isn`t just warped?

**Accumulator** · 10-26-2008, 05:45 PM

Originally Posted by David Fermani

.. Are you sure your backing plate isn`t just warped?

If it`s the backing plate, then *all* of mine are warped (that`s maybe six or so) and I get some wobble with the Edge adaptor too, so I don`t *think* that`s it.

On the Metabo, the spindle-extender wobbles, so I`m pretty sure that one`s not the plate. I`ll probably try a Meg`s backing plate to make sure (I`d like one that`s a little smaller than my current flexible ones anyhow).

Cincinnati is a ways from me but at least it`s not out-of-state...I was hoping somebody had a shop that they`d done business with, one I`d know I could rely on.

This is a PIA, working on the terribly-marred, rock-hard M3 with rotaries that vibrate like a PC :angry