Duh ! I completely missed that ! Please ignore the post about a bad
armature !
Randall
Brian Sanborn wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
> If I understand what your describing.... you ran the motor with the end
> plate off. This would cause the armature to get magnetically seized on
> the field coil. The bearing in the end plate keeps the shaft lined up
> right in the middle of the field coils..... that's what makes the motor
> go. You may have jammed the gearbox with the shaft cocked.
>
> I don't know what got burned out in the process. It sounds like the amps
> were heating up the parts. You may still be able to save it by taking it
> apart and cleaning the armature and checking the gearbox.
>
> Brian Sanborn
> 62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
> sanborn@net1plus.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
> To: Dan Masters <DANMAS@aol.com>; Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 1:26 PM
> Subject: Wiper motor is worse!
>
> >
> >Well, I took off the back plate of the wiper motor (TR4A) and cleaned the
> >brushes. Then I tried to turn it on with the back plate off so
> >I could see what it was trying to do. BTW, I could spin the
> >motor by hand (with it off) easily. I turned it on and
> >the motor did not spin. I tried to help it along and it was just
> >seized in one position! Immobile! THen the brushes got very warm.
> >
> >I turned it off, reassimbled completely, but it still does not work at
> all.
> >Just sucks up about 6 amps or more.
> >
> >What to do now!
> >
> >-Tony
> >
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