At 07:31 AM 9/15/2012, J Stewart wrote: >As is usually my luck with this sort of thing, I tried this trick on >my squeaky front blower motor. Drilled 3 holes before I got it >right, lubed the motor and a few days later it stopped squeaking! It >locked up tight! Sure was fun pulling that dash!! If you end up >going that route, take the advice that I got (don't be an "askhole" >like I was! Word of the day, "askhole"-someone who asks for advice >then ignores it) and buy the more expensive blower motor, not the >$59.00 one. The cheaper one howls one low speed, and pulling the >dash is something you don't want to do more than once. Jeff Stewart >----- Original Message ----- Second that on the Meyle blowers - the one I put in Millie's van was very noisy on first and second speed. She didn't care but it would have driven me nuts. The "drill a hole in the front of the van" lube trick is a band-aid, lets you get some oil to the rear bearing which is the one that's more liable to get sticky; but it's only a band-aid. To properly recondition a blower you have to take it apart and take the blower wheel off -- see my post that I referred to above. Yrs, David |
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