bobe
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Hotpoint dryer continued.....
I'm an idiot!!! Of course its an induction motor and no brushes..
Great! I don't have to start filing down wrong sized carbons and at last run, the motor was, I thought fine.
My problem is now whether there is some way of repairing/renewing the door end bearings of the drum? If required?
Here's a couple of pictures of the bearings at the exhaust end. I guess replacement spares are out of the question.
As yet I have little idea of what the door end drum bearing arrangement looks like.
I'm spraying the bearing surfaces with PTFE spray to, hopefully, reduce any friction.(Might be a waste of time)
I'm not going to take off the base to "splay" the case and remove the drum until the new belts arrive from Ransoms.
Cheers Bob E
I'm an idiot!!! Of course its an induction motor and no brushes..
Great! I don't have to start filing down wrong sized carbons and at last run, the motor was, I thought fine.
My problem is now whether there is some way of repairing/renewing the door end bearings of the drum? If required?
Here's a couple of pictures of the bearings at the exhaust end. I guess replacement spares are out of the question.
As yet I have little idea of what the door end drum bearing arrangement looks like.
I'm spraying the bearing surfaces with PTFE spray to, hopefully, reduce any friction.(Might be a waste of time)
I'm not going to take off the base to "splay" the case and remove the drum until the new belts arrive from Ransoms.
Cheers Bob E
