GE DW Motor Problems
Hi Mark, sorry your motor is having problems. These motors do use just sleeve bearings on both ends and turbine oil is great for this purpose.
I was never a big fan of this motor and pump system on GE DWs, and I always found that 3450 RPM DW motors that just had sleeve bearings to be not all that durable. D&M, WH and HP DWs also only had sleeve bearing main motors in the 1960s.
Overall the 1960s was not a time of real durable DWs [ with the exception of Kitchenaid ] even the great performing WPs were of poor long term durability [ pump and motor problems ] and WH , D&M and HP were throw away machines after a few repairs, LOL. A typical family running the DW once or more per day often got less that five years use out of a DW before replacement.
The best advice I have for DW collectors on this site is to try to find those rare machines that had little or no use if you expect to use them as everyday machines. Mark you may end up needing another motor and pump for your machine, if you do I may have a good used one, contact me if interested, John L.
Hi Mark, sorry your motor is having problems. These motors do use just sleeve bearings on both ends and turbine oil is great for this purpose.
I was never a big fan of this motor and pump system on GE DWs, and I always found that 3450 RPM DW motors that just had sleeve bearings to be not all that durable. D&M, WH and HP DWs also only had sleeve bearing main motors in the 1960s.
Overall the 1960s was not a time of real durable DWs [ with the exception of Kitchenaid ] even the great performing WPs were of poor long term durability [ pump and motor problems ] and WH , D&M and HP were throw away machines after a few repairs, LOL. A typical family running the DW once or more per day often got less that five years use out of a DW before replacement.
The best advice I have for DW collectors on this site is to try to find those rare machines that had little or no use if you expect to use them as everyday machines. Mark you may end up needing another motor and pump for your machine, if you do I may have a good used one, contact me if interested, John L.
