Well,
On the two blowers I've succesfully done this to (one which was noisy, one
which had stopped turning), both were still working 2 1/2 years later.
I used a long spout oil can, and ran each blower for some time in between each
oiler session.
I should also mention that this was two succesfull blowers out of 4, but the
rejects were obvious after an hour or so of running (not installed)

Erik V.

Citerat fr�n David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>:

> 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
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
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>
>

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