Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
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Guenther Paul
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
I think I've got it mostly sorted, at the moment, but I've bookmarked your site just in case! Though I admit to being a cheap bastrich, and wanting to save the money by doing it myself. ;) If it turns
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Not where I grew up. We had another phrase for that, and I'm too inhibited to use it anymore. I guess we could call it red-neck engineering. Sort of thing farmers do to get critical equipment to
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Yep. PM brushed motor. Ohm meter is still useful for continuity checks through the brushes, brush holders, wire from them to the connectors, etc. Dad taught me how to use an ohm meter back when most
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
If I talk to anyone in or from Santa Fe Springs I might get homesick! ;) Grew up mostly there, Norwalk, La Mirada, and Whittier. I have been using heck out of my newest DVM from Harbor Freight. Got a
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Late to the thread.DC motor guy here - 50 years. I can repair and or rewind.
Still quite involved in my "golden years"
Please post 2 pics of the armature, one each side. Odds are I can evaluate by
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rockindubya
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
??? ??? no " micky mousing " is when you do something halfassed that?
you know in the back of your mind can possibly injure someone .
??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
I'm pretty sure that is a permanent magnet motor, so no field winding.
Jon
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Jon Elson
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Hello Bill;
Mr. Ohmmeter would be my friend in this application. Check the field
windings to see if they are good, not shorted. Check the armature for
shorts and continuity. I am sure that there is a
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Steven Nederhiser
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Yep. That's what we call "micky-mousing" something. I grew up not too far from Disneyland! Dad and Grandpa were great at it!
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
??? ??? push comes to shove , ya can gut the motor take the armature
off the shaft & put the shaft back in & power the shaft from another motor .
??? You'd be surprised at some of the things
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mike allen
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Bill, we're with you.? But might be worth an off hours stop at an auto parts store or junk yard.Some of the old time hardware stores had brushes... lathe and mill.GregSent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE
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Greg
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
True that! I'll have to see if I get some cash and make run to Pull a Part.?
William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.)
Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Yep. But. That particular motor looks a lot lighter duty than these.? American Surplus & Salvage has a window motor without the gear box for $12.50. Long worm-type screw on it. Might buy one of them
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
It does. Only most of those things are rated about 30 watts at 12 volts. This thing supposedly needs a 20amp circuit to run it. So far as I can see, it only runs one motor at a time. My Ohm's Law
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Unless I want to completely redesign it, I need the right-angle gear box. I'm not qualified for that! I could probably put a different gear box on it, but none of the ones I've found are near the
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
or a seat motor , since ya got it out maybe head out to a car wrecking
yard & just ask " do ya got any of these ?
??? ??? ya never know . seat motors can move some weight
??? ???
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mike allen
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
As Dave said, "it sure looks like a windshield wiper motor"-
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Greg
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
They don't have the brushes I need, nor do they have anything I can cut down to fit. Brushes are 5/16" square, approximately 5/8" long carbon block, and approximately 3/4" spring & braid. Looks like
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Bill in OKC too
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Re: OT-how to test and repair DC brushed motors.
Sure looks like a windshield wiper motor.
Dusty
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Dave Clements
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