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Re: (ET) Magnet Repair: thx Chris Zach

Definitely. Do not toss old motors, I'll buy em :-)
They're not that hard to fix, a standard bearing puller can get the bearings off and as long as you remember you have to press on a bolt that is screwed all the way into the bottom of the blade "hat" (with space to spare) on the bottom so you can press off the blade hat....
On the way to Chicago for a few days but after gluing my motor magnet there I dug out a wrecked motor shell where one magnet had totally *shattered*. As in 3 large chunks and a ton of crumbs. I put the three large parts back into the shell with JB Weld, and will try firing up the motor as it. Should work well enough, we will find out this weekend. 

C

On 4/16/2024 3:35 AM, Jay Donnaway via Elec-trak wrote:

  Being only a few seasons into my ET adventure, I'd never had a mower deck 
that was quite right.  Had two of em and a few extra motors, but rarely 
got through my acre of mowing without a motor that would start overheating, 
squeal a bearing, have a stuck brush etc...
Well, I splurged for a full set of those refurbished but mislabeled lime green $150 
"Lawn Boy" large diameter deck motors from eBay last fall, and OHMygosh, mowing 
is EVerything it should've been with these tractors!  Now I just have to figure out 
the art of properly washering and torqueing the blade bolts, as these strong motors stop 
so quickly that the blade tends to unscrew itself...perhaps some blue locktite?
Now this gives me the time to tear down and properly rebuild a set of the 
old motors for when the limes get tired, and we should be mowing for 
another 50 years!
-Jay DonnawayTacoma WA

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