[Shop-talk] Compressor woos

[Jeff Scarbrough]

I like this one.  A squirt of WD-40 should loosen it up.  My table saw does
this occasionally, but it's only 66 years old

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021, 10:41 Doug Braun <doug at dougbraun.com> wrote:

> Isn't there a centrifugal switch that disconnects the start capacitor as
> soon as the motor starts spinning?
> Possibly that isn't working properly?
>
> Doug
>
> On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 9:25 AM John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas?  I was thinking that it is either a bad spot on the
>> armature, or a bad start capacitor.  If it's the capacitor, why would it
>> start
>> after I moved the position of the motor a few degrees?
>>
>> I check with a local shop and they want $200 to put it on their bench!  I
>> think that's a little steep.  So I guess I'll open it up and shot gun the
>> start
>> capacitor.  Is there anything else I should l for while I'm in there?
>>
>> I do plan on cleaning all the parts while it's apart.  I also don't
>> see any place
>> to oil the motor.  So I'm assuming that it has bearings that are
>> lubricated for
>> live.  Or is there something I should do there, oil, grease?
>>
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