Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 02:45:45 +0100
Reply-To: Erik Valeur <erikvaleur@SVERIGE.NU>
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From: Erik Valeur <erikvaleur@SVERIGE.NU>
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Well,
On the two blowers I've succesfully done this to (one which was noisy, one
which had stopped turning), both were still working 2 1/2 years later.
I used a long spout oil can, and ran each blower for some time in between each
oiler session.
I should also mention that this was two succesfull blowers out of 4, but the
rejects were obvious after an hour or so of running (not installed)
Erik V.
Citerat från David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>:
> At 06:37 AM 2/8/2002, Erik Valeur wrote:
> >One bearing is easily accessible, to get to the other one, drill a 1/4"
>
> >hole in
> >the cone-shaped inner part of the blower cage and dribble in some oil
> on the
> >other bearing. Then drill another hole oppssite the first to keep the
> blower
> >balanced so it won't vibrate.
>
> That's an intriguing idea -- do you have any long-term experience with
> the
> results? Are you reliably able to get oil to the felt pad inside the
>
> motor frame?
>
> I've driven the blower rotor off the shaft to get to these bearings. A
>
> considerable nuisance, but has seemed to work ok, lasted well.
>
> For the folks who'd like to put oil tubes in so one could oil the motor
>
> without disassembling the dash -- think about boring the end of the
> motor
> shaft with a small transverse hole at the end of the bore at the same
> depth
> as the felt oil pad -- a thin brass tube might be a loose sliding fit in
>
> the bore, and be fitted so that it would mate with the flexible tube
> coming
> from the external oiling point. Would be a lot of trouble and involve
>
> disassembling the motor, but I bet it could be made to work.
>
> david
>
>
> --
> David Beierl - Providence, RI
> http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
> '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
> '85 GL "Poor Relation"
>
>
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