I'm glad I found this video. Followed your directions and the saw is working perfectly again. Thank you.

Exactly same model. My blade would screech starting and stop.mud cut but the motor still running. It was the lose belt. Saved a lot of trouble. Thanks a million for this video!

Thank you so much, Alex

Thank you so much! This has been such a frustrating fix until finding this video.

Thanks Alex! I searched long as well. But you had the best, quick repair. Peace!

Very nice tutorial. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the vid... The only thing I would change and/or add is that you don't need a screwdriver to pry, once the nut is loose you can just adjust the normal blade up/down to adjust the tension and get the belt tight.. Then retighten the 13mm.. Cheers!

Thank you! This was so very helpful!

Exactly what mine needed! Thank you

Thank you for guiding me on where to find the adjustment nut to tighten up the belt. Quick suggestion, if you lower the blade all the way down, that will tightened up the belt, then tighten the bolt. There's no need to make adjustment with the screwdriver.

I am so glad that you made this video. I just had to watch it again because the pulley lost tension again. Stinking Ridgid 🤬

Thanks for the video. Same Model.. My belt is completely loose when I move it down. Up it seems tight. That doesn't seem right.. If it's loose on the bottom, it should be loose everywhere. I'll give this a go and see if it fixes it.

Thanks man! Making it easy for us.

Thank you it helped me 🎉

Exactly it! Thank you!

Ty so much

Thanks for the quick vid, you just saved me a lot of swear jar money

Am I number 1,000? If so congrats and thanks. I'm going to give it a go tomorrow. My blade is slipping even on pine after 5 years.

Yep - that took me an hour on my 4520 to come to the same conclusion :) Good video!

Ty for the video

FRICKEN AMAZING THANKS!

Thanks

Darn, this did not work for me. I loosed the 13mm bolt about 1/4". When I lower the blade all the way down the belt is super tight. When I raise it up the belt is loose. I've tried prying that pully both ways with the screw driver. Even when the belt is loose it won't move a hair. It's locked in that position. The manual has a section on how to change the belt, which indicates your same instructions pretty much. It does say to lower the blade all the way, loosn the 13mm bolt, and then take the belt off. But the belt is rock solid tight when I lower the blade. Something else must be wrong, and I'm out of warranty. Whom do you call who knows how to fix a Table Saw?

Thank you, a thousand times !!!! I was out in the shop freezing my fingers off trying to figure out how to tighten the belt once I loosened that bolt (which the manual says is 6mm not 13mm) which I figured out. Couldn't figure out how to move the motor or pulley bracket until I found your video.

I was watching this because I have some problems with my 4512... then I started thinking "that guy sounds *really* familiar..." then I looked at the name 🤣

Thank u! I have the same table saw, noticed a while back that the belt seemed awfully loose but I just bought it new a few months prior so I assumed it was by design, anyway, slipped off altogether last night, mid cut. Thanks for the vid!

Dude thanks for sharing this just lost about 45 minutes messing with this till I found your video

Ditto. This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you sooo much. 4/15/2020. Took a month of COVID lockdown and I finally got around to fixing my saw 100% due to this video. My cabin fever thanks you.

I asked ridged for help. No response. Then I found this. EXCELLENT!!!!

Thanks for this. I have a 4511 and internals are a bit different, but this gave me a great starting point for replacing a broken belt.

Thank you! I’ll have to check and see if this is needed on mine.

Man you just saved my life. Tx for your hard work

ty for this video cause this was about to drive me to the looney bin lol

Thank you!!

This is exactly the video I've been looking for. Thanks so much.

Thank's very much for sharing. Definitely helped me loads.

Thank you so very much for sharing this! Helped very much!!!

Excellent video!!

Thank you, you are a life saver

Great video! Do you have any clue or advice on how to align the pulleys in this TS?

Thanks!

Yes, thanks so much. My saw purrs like a kitten now.