At 06:37 AM 2/8/2002, Erik Valeur wrote:
>One bearing is easily accessible, to get to the other one, drill a 1/4"
>hole in
>the cone-shaped inner part of the blower cage and dribble in some oil on the
>other bearing. Then drill another hole oppssite the first to keep the blower
>balanced so it won't vibrate.

That's an intriguing idea -- do you have any long-term experience with the
results?   Are you reliably able to get oil to the felt pad inside the
motor frame?

I've driven the blower rotor off the shaft to get to these bearings.  A
considerable nuisance, but has seemed to work ok, lasted well.

For the folks who'd like to put oil tubes in so one could oil the motor
without disassembling the dash -- think about boring the end of the motor
shaft with a small transverse hole at the end of the bore at the same depth
as the felt oil pad -- a thin brass tube might be a loose sliding fit in
the bore, and be fitted so that it would mate with the flexible tube coming
from the external oiling point.  Would be a lot of trouble and involve
disassembling the  motor, but I bet it could be made to work.

david

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