Description
Overview:
The Link Plate for Makita LS1216 and LS1216L mitre saws is a genuine Makita spare designed to restore precise, smooth movement within the saw's linkage assembly. This metal component helps maintain cutting accuracy, repeatability, and safe operation by keeping the sliding and bevel mechanisms correctly aligned. Engineered for durability, it is suitable for regular use in trade, workshop, and site environments. Identified by OEM No. 140164-9 (MPN 140164-9), it is a direct-fit replacement that avoids guesswork during maintenance. If your saw develops play, inconsistent angles, or rough travel, replacing the worn link plate is a straightforward way to bring performance back to standard. Ideal for users who rely on their Makita sliding compound mitre saw for clean, accurate cuts in timber, plastics, and similar materials.
Key Features:
- Genuine Makita part for correct fit and reliable performance
- Direct replacement for OEM No. 140164-9 to aid quick identification
- Robust metal construction for long service life under site and workshop use
- Helps restore smooth slide and bevel action to maintain cut accuracy
- Supports consistent mitre and bevel settings during repetitive work
- Designed for simple installation with standard hand tools
- Suitable for preventative maintenance as well as repair
- Compatible with LS1216-series saws for assured compatibility
- Reduces downtime by replacing a common wear component
- Backed by Makita's manufacturing standards for quality and consistency
Typical Applications:
Replacement of a worn or damaged linkage component in Makita LS1216-series sliding compound mitre saws. Useful when experiencing play in the head, drift from set angles, or rough travel. Helps maintain square, mitre, and bevel accuracy for second-fix carpentry, joinery, site framing, flooring, skirting, and workshop cutting of timber and similar materials.
Also known as:
Connecting plate, linkage bracket, pivot link, joint plate, arm link, mitre saw linkage component, replacement linkage plate.
Fits Models:
LS1216, LS1216L, LS1216LX, LS1216LX4
Alternate Part Numbers:
140164 9, 1401649

