<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes, it needs to be spring wire, I liked Randall’s idea of using a ball point pen spring. <br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my Handspring Treo</span></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Oct 7, 2018, at 3:44 PM, David Friedlander <<a href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">This isn't simply wire. It's spring wire....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Doesn't it need to be hardened and tempered wire?</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 10:45 AM Randall <<a href="mailto:tr3driver@ca.rr.com">tr3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>The only that thing that matters is how much force it puts on the brushes. And you can adjust that after making the spring. <br><br>Make it too long to begin with, then trim to length. If that's too weak, trim another turn. If that's too strong, spread one of the coils a bit.<br><br>If what you make the first time won't do, change wire size and do it again. Only takes a minute once you've got the setup.<br><br>This is 18th century technology, not rocket science.<br>-- Randall<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 October 2018 18:46:19 GMT-05:00, David Friedlander <<a href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com" target="_blank">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Make a spring? So many variables in such an inexpensive part: </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Wire gauge, pitch, overall length, etc....</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, Oct 6, 2018 at 7:43 PM Randall <<a href="mailto:tr3driver@ca.rr.com" target="_blank">tr3driver@ca.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>I have successfully carved the " ears" from a scrap of PC board.<br>Didn't lose the spring, but I suspect you could make a suitable substitute from the spring inside a retractable ball point pen.<br><br>Or buy some spring wire and make one from scratch. I've done it in the lathe, but you could probably manage with a slow turning drill and a nail or similar for a mandrel. Its best not to try to hold the wire in your fingers, it can cut you pretty badly. So use a scrap if wood or similar to guide the wire as the drill turns.<br>-- Randall<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 6 October 2018 15:50:29 GMT-05:00, David Friedlander <<a href="mailto:forzion7@gmail.com" target="_blank">forzion7@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Hey all;</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">The wiper motor on my TR3A looked quite sad. I removed it and </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">proceeded to remover 60 years of crud, outside and in.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">In the process of cleaning the parts, I have misplaced the tiny </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">spring and the two tiny "ears" that hold spring to the two brush </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">"arms" that rest against the armature. [Moss P/N 554-030]</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Unfortunately, these parts are now NLA from any source I know of. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">See item number 2 from the Moss illustration, below. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Seems crazy to buy a replacement/salvage motor just to replace </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">a missing spring and retaining 'ears.' Ideas?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div><img alt="image.png" width="482" height="364" src="cid:"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Thanks for any help!!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">Dave Friedlander</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">'74 TR6</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000099">'59 TR3A</div></div>
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