Has anybody taken apart their citicar GE 3.5hp motor? I got my
Citicar with almost dead batteries and a jerking at low speed. After
battery replacment the motor started to smell and the jerking got much
more noticeable. After removing the motor and opening it up we found
that the motor brush holder was bad and the commutator was in bad need
of turning, and the commutator plates have different resistance
readings between adjoining plates. After looking it over,it looks like
there was at one time a ring of some sort that put pressure on the
wires where they attach to the commutator via some set screws or
something, I think this would explain the resistance difference. On
all of the outer wires there is a small dent that looks like there was
a bolt that pushed on it at one time. After looking around and calling
GE I still have not found any info.Does anyone know if there is a ring
of some kind missing. Does anyone have some knowledge or an assembly
drawing of this motor? Can anybody help me? Any info at all would be
helpful and very much appreciated.... want to drive my car again!
Anthony
