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Page Revision: 2008/04/04 13:43
Here's some pics of digging into a Baldor motor to repair a bad centrifugal switch posted by Bob Vaughan here
http://owwm.org/viewtopic.php?t=31506.

Remove the fan cover

Remove the fan (be careful here)

Remove the fan (be careful here)

Remove the motor bolts

Mark where the end bells line up

Knock loose the rotor from this direction

Here's what you should see inside. Note charred contact points

Knock loose the back end bell (Ok, ok, so its a different motor shown)

Here's the end bell

Here's the points that need filing, sanding, and otherwise smoothing out. Be careful not to bend the copper springs.

Set the motor upright on two blocks and insert the spring washer into the bearing housing

Carefully put the rotor back in

Carefully put the rotor back in

Gentle pounding should seat things

Tap on a stick to rotate end bells for proper alignment and assemble motor