Date:         Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:18:17 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: How can I lubricate a front heater blower motor?
Comments: To: J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET>
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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