HELP WITH MY GENERAL 350 TABLE SAW...

[BentonTool]

Hello Brothers,
I have a problem with my General 350 Table Saw.
I just cleaned and lubed it. I set the tilt stops to make no contact with the stops. Despite that, I cannot get the blade tilt to reach 90°. I can only get it to 89.8°.
I have checked it and checked it again, the stops do not contact the bosses, and are not interfering with the range of motion!
What the heck is going on? There are no obstructions that I can identify... no caked sawdust, wood chips, burrs, etc.
This is a stock photo. Mine has the Excalibur fence system.

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[Sideways]

From a quick google, these are Taiwanese machines sold as General International in the USA and maybe Canada.
The brand isn't one I've come across in the UK, though we might see the same saw under a different name.

If you are not making contact with the stops, what else could be stopping the tilt ?
Something is physically making contact elsewhere - the motor, lower blade case, ?, ?
Are a set of washers missing between the chassis and the top such that something on the spindle assembly is hitting the underside of the table ? Something on the top of the assembly where the riving knife attaches ?
If you drop the saw a little below max height, can you get it to 90 degrees then ?

Could you have run the tilt screw to the end of it's travel ?

And what are you measuring the angle with out of curiousity ? It sounds interestingly close. If there was a non adjustable stop, even just slop in some mounting bolt holes might be enough to account for a couple of 10ths.