RE: (ET) Mower motor flange problem

["Elie, Larry \(L.D.\)" <lelie ford com>]

Did the flange come off, or did parts of the flange come off?

If parts of the flange came off, I have seen thin steel rings made to go 
over the flange and 
re-attach it to the mower.  I have two (in use).  If the flange came off, 
you need to arc-weld 
tack the motor to the flange, keeping it square.  Do NOT gas-weld it; you 
will overheat the 
glue on the magnet.  I have done it, squirting a bit of water on after 
each tack.  Arc-welding 
is high local heat, but lower overall heat.  BTW, this is one way of using 
a motor with the 
wrong flange position on a deck; for example a mid mount mower motor on a 
front mount deck has 
the same flange but at a different height.  BTW, epoxy does NOT work; been 
there/done that.

Larry Elie


-----Original Message-----
From: elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu
[mailto:elec-trak-bounces cosmos phy tufts edu]On Behalf Of Bruce Conner
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 2:19 PM
To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject: (ET) Mower motor flange problem


One of my mower motors has popped loose from the mounting flange. 
 Paranoid that I am, I don't want to do anything that will wreck the 
magnets in the housing.  Anybody got a solution?

Bruce Conner


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