Re: (ET) E-20 rebuild report

["Christopher Zach" <czach computer org>]

This reminds me: When I took off the top motor shroud (not inside the 
motor,
the yellow dome on top) I found the inside about 50% full of some sort of
white crud. Whatever it was caused one of the screws to corrode at the
bottom; or something did.

Any idea what it could have been?

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: <KevinC927 aol com>
To: <czach computer org>; <elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu>
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 6:54 PM
Subject: Re: (ET) E-20 rebuild report


> In a message dated 1/27/02 2:46:48 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> czach computer org writes:
>
>
> > The core problem with the motor was the sticking brushes however. I
wonder
> > what caused the brushes to stick; was it a bad design, or something
happened
> > in the field (maybe the blade hit a rock or something, but that 
> > wouldn't
> > explan a slightly off-square brush housing.)
> >
> >
> Chris,
>
> I had a mower motor with the same problem you describe, except the brush
was
> just stuck in a sludge of graphite powder and some unknown oil or grease,
> probably leaking from the rear bearing seal.  I cleaned up the brush
housing
> and all was well.
>
> Kevin Carter
>
>