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RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - davidbrady - 08-09-2013 17:31
Hi M.R.,
Fantastic news that you got the motor and that it is a 100% identical replacement.
My original motor had oiling ports like the ones you've shown. My replacement motor doesn't - it's lubed for life. Yes, it sounds like the motor was installed upside down - ideally I think you'd want to see the oiling ports at the top. Getting to the inner oiling port once it's installed is difficult and probably impossible if mounted with it facing downward.
RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - patticake - 08-09-2013 19:15
Sorry for the delay in answering, but computer crashed yesterday(year and half old), so this is the replacement(different brand).
And to answer the question, yes my oiling ports look like that.
RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - mrkane - 08-16-2013 17:59
When reassembling the squirrel cage today, I compared the radial and axial play in the shafts and the 'feel' of the rotational resistance. There was similar and noticeable axial (end) play in both the new and old motors. Rotational resistance was also similar. (Spinning the shaft by hand gave similar number of rotations.) However, the old motor had considerable radial play in the shaft, while the new one had none.
I also found marks on the housing suggesting the motor was previously mounted with three legs rather than the current four. This ties in with the 'slice' in the housing apparently caused by the blower contacting the fan shroud.
--M.R.Kane
1987 PT40 'Sleipnir'
currently Iron River, MI
RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - patticake - 08-16-2013 20:38
Good finding. At least now, you have to worry about it. And it should last a lot longer than the previous one.
RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - mrkane - 09-07-2013 15:57
It's in! It blows!
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Hardest step was getting it out, which required a cradle to lift it. Putting it back was a wrestling match working alone.
--M.R.Kane
1987 PT40 'Sleipnir'
currently Iron River, MI
RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - ernie ekberg - 09-07-2013 17:57
I bet that was a chore to redo.
RE: Down-draft radiator fan failure - davidbrady - 09-07-2013 21:53
Nicely done M.R.,
Good for another 10,000 hours!
(09-07-2013 15:57)mrkane Wrote: It's in! It blows!
Hardest step was getting it out, which required a cradle to lift it. Putting it back was a wrestling match working alone.
--M.R.Kane
1987 PT40 'Sleipnir'
currently Iron River, MI