bosch 4000

[buddyd]

I see I am not the only homeowner to drop $500+ on a "nice" bosch table saw only to have it crap out after a couple of uses. I opted for the bosch 4000 table saw with the portable stand over the $100 "cheap" ryobi because I too like nice tools and figured it would be the last table saw I would need to buy. I had it for a couple of months and the third time I went to use it, the motor started to grind and arc. I pulled out the brushes and they were chipped so I bought new brushes but it still had grinding sound. Took out the brushes again and looked at the rotor with a flashlight and it appears as if the rotor has chips in it. I was very unhappy and completly unimpressed with Bosch, especially after seeing the troubles that many others are having also. If Bosch would like to charge top dollar maybe they should have a top product to go with it. I needed a table saw so I bought the ryobi which has preformed flawlessly out of the box for the last year now. I finally have some time to try to fix my "nice" $500+ bosch table saw and would almost prefer to spend the next $200 on airmailing it back to bosch instead of on a new armature, but they probably would not drop it from 30,000' to get it back to them as I would prefer so I'm looking for the best way to get the most dependable fix for it. Is there a higher quality motor that can replace the exsisting one? I would hate to replace the armature only to later need to replace the field only later to replace something else. I thought about putting the dependable ryobi motor in it but it is a little different size.
thanks, Buddy

[Dale]

Why didn't you take it in for warranty?