[Healeys] Smith's blower

Stephen Hutchings s.hutchings at rogers.com
Tue Jul 17 09:47:39 MDT 2007


I should clarify; I wasn't planning to separate the halves of the 
bakelite housing- it is the electric motor housing I wanted to open, 
to check it's condition. However, John's advice is; if it's working, 
leave it alone.

Stephen, BJ8

>I never found it necessary to separate the housing, with the two 
>openings, it is easy to clean.  I did use some fiberglass resin to 
>lock and reinforce the nuts from the inside.  What ever you do be 
>very careful about taking the motor apart.  If it still works I'd 
>leave it alone.  When dismantled the brushes are loose and are very 
>difficult to hold in place while putting the armature back in.
>
>John
>BJ8s


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