Brush gobbler

[thomas_sorrentino]

Scott,

Just curious, did you see them do any of this work while the gen. set
was out? The reason I'm asking is I'm wondering if when you take the
end cap off the gen. does the rotor stay in place inside the stator
and are you sitting there looking at the shaft with the commutator
slip rings on it. I am certainly no expert on this (barely an
amatuer) but I was thinking and hoping the slip ring replacement
could be done with out removing the gen. set.
Can anybody tell me for sure how this is done?

Tom Sorrentino
1987 PT38
Bedford Hills, NY



--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott Forman" <sforman@...>
wrote:
>
> No, I am pretty handy but this level of work is beyond my
capability
> right from the beginning...I have no way to get the Genset out of
the
> coach.
>
> I am a bad example for costs, because the shop that services my
coach
> is owned by a close friend...he gives me parts at cost and greatly
> reduced labor rates. That being said, it was 16 hours of labor and
> $136 (at cost) in parts. You should be able to estimate your cost
> based on your local hourly shop rates since the parts are
insignificant.
>
> This is the narrative from my shop invoice:
> Complaint: Generator not making electricity. Cause: Exciter ring
and
> brushes bad. Correction: Drained coolant and disconnected radiator
> hoses. Disconnected A/C wires and control box. Removed gen set
from
> coach. Removed engine from cradle. Dissassembled generator.
Removed
> armature from engine. Removed end bearing. Replaced exciter
ring.
> Installed new end bearing. Installed armature on engine.
Assembled
> generator. Put engine in cradle and installed in coach. Connected
> wires, fuel lines, and rad hoses. Filled cooling system and bled
air.
> Cranked engine, okay. 120v A/C from both lugs at no load. Put
load on
> generator and let run to check out, okay.
>
> Hope this helps
> Scott
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ryan Wright"
> wrote:
> >
> > Scott, did you do this work yourself? If not, would you might
sharing
> > a rough dollar figure as to what I should expect when I start
calling
> > generator repair shops?
> >
> > -Ryan
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Scott Forman <sforman@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I went for option three, as it had the lowest price and fewest
> > > potential headaches. Now it is basically a brand new "old
> > > technology" generator which should last another 20 years just
like
> > > the first one did.
> > >
> >
>