Will an Oster A5 blade work??? - Oster Health & Beauty

Hi, as far as I know you're suppose to use a size 10 or 30 blade with any combs. I prefer to buy a longer blade like a size 4 rather than using the combs as I find the coat finish not great with the combs.

How old is your clipper, Oster clippers need to be adjusted for more power and speed, also what clipper blade are you using to cut the horse hair and how long is the horse hair, Also the blade may not be sharp, some new blade are sharp maybe defective.

Only a minor problem with the Blade Socket aftr time they stretch in width allowing for movement between the blade and clipper giving problens such as rattling and tram lines make sure you replace it with an Oster or Andis part as other makes can differ slightly.

well the 76 and the golden a5 are almost the same the name plates are different and the 76 uses a toggle switch but the a5 uses a rocker switch. not sure about the crewmaster sorry.

Can't help you with the blade you will need to shear goats, but I can tell you that there are many blades for the A5, as well as many combs that fit over the blade to let you adjust for the length of coat you want to leave. Amazon lists many blades and combs under Oster A5 Clipper Blades. They probably have brief descriptions of what each blade is best used for, as well as customer comments regarding their effectiveness. There are a number of other places that sell blades if you look for them with Google. Also eBay, but there you probably won't get a description of what blade is good for what.
Good luck.

Are you sure you have Andis A5 or did you mean Oster A5 Clipper, if this clipper is A5 Clipper, You need to check the Lever for wear, The front of the Lever show wear on both side, Like white color and is not squad this Lever is worn. Need to replace. This Lever moves the blade side to side fully. if the Lever is worn the blade will not move fully side to side and the cutter blade the smaller blade will stay in the middle with hardly no travel to side to side and will not cut the hair even if you purchase new blades. Also I would like to mention if the Oster Locking Hinge is worn out and don't have the require tension to hold the blade in place the blade will not cut. How do you test the Oster Hinge on a Oster A5 Clipper,
(1) first close the hinge, in close potion with your finger nail try to open the Hinge, if the hinge slightly open or opens loose the Hinge is worn. if the Hinge is good it will not open or move and your nail may just brake your nail.
Many of my customers run into this type of problem, and the problem can be solve easily by checking these parts first.
One more item I would mention here if replace the A5 Hinge make sure you get the A5 Hinge not the Oster 76 Hinge they are driferrent, The A5 Hinge has on the back two wire's sticking out that fit on the Oster Latch for the A5 Hinge, the Oster 76 Hinge would not have these wire's on the back. I recommend replacing the Latch when you replace the Hinge. I hope this helps any body that have a A5 Oster clipper or A Oster 76 Clipper.
I have over 20 years in the repair business of Sharpening & Clipper repair. Mannys Sharpening 323 263-4697

Oster Hinge

A5 Latch

Hi A5 blades are not made to be unscrewed. They are snap on blades. You can call 800-830-3678 which is Oster Direct consumer service. They will walk you though the process or you can send them back to Oster and they will put them back together and realign them for you. Hope that helps.

across the blades were they contact each other.  WD40 works fine.  

see this link, its for the A5. The A5 is the animal version of the 76.

http://www.peasridge.co.uk/clipper-advice/clippers-products-oster-a5.shtml

I dont know what model you have, but if you need schematics for YOUR model see this link.

http://www.clipperrepair.com/parts.htm?brand=8

A5 blades are not made to be unscrewed. Once they are sharpened they are aligned and when you unscrew them they will need to be realigned again. You can call factory service 800-830-3678 if you have any questions. Please just in the future always use the snap on/off method.