John, thanks for the ideas, I¡¯m just too fed up right now to try any more ideas, been messing with it for about 6 hours today. I can go to full tension and the tracking doesn¡¯t change, no problems without the guides installed. I put the guides on, side to side pinch isn¡¯t too tight, and the blade seems to be ok. The back bearing is away from the blade so it¡¯s not forcing the blade out of the roller guides. As soon as I turn on the saw, the blade starts to come forward out of the guides and then comes off the lower wheel. Take the guides off and the blade tracks right back on the wheels. Thought I discovered something when I noticed that the upper wheel could really twist side to side. The guide bars that hold the wheel support were very loose in the slot of that casting so I took some thicker material and made new guide bars and milled out the housing to match the thicker material. ?Worked a treat, no more wobbles, but the blade still comes off as soon as I try to install the guides. Got to be missing something here????.
