I picked up this old floor fan that did not want to spin up any more. lets take it apart, find the cause and fix it.
one mans junk is another mans treasure…
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The way that baby comes on 😮
That stuff that you were poking at is compressed cotton saturated with oil. The oil slowly feeds the bearings you should have put some oil on the shaft like you did but also dripped oil into the cotton until it wouldn't absorb any more. Most small motors are welded or staked together so you cant take them apart What you can do with these motors is to remove them and immerse them in a container of automatic transmission fluid overnight, then hang them over a pan and let the excess transmission fluid drain out. position them so a hole in the motor is down.
Remove all that dry yellow earwax looking gunk and repack it with cotton wool soaked in light sewing machine oil and reassemble and it should run like new.
Thanks for the video. I worked on my 30+ year old Patton High Velocity fan that no longer worked. Works like new after adding the packing material (cotton) and some 3 in 1 oil.
I'm a really old timer so here it goes to you young folk. I loved seeing you rescue a usable piece of equipment from the land fill, great work! Although my methods would of been different.
First a history….. the fans in the old old days used a fiber wick. If possible the wick was located over the shaft. The wick was easy to remove and we would simply apply a few drops of 3M oil to the wick and replace it. You do this once or twice a season and the fan would last forever. Gravity would insure the shaft was lubricated.
I still have some of my fans from the 1950's and they run whisper quiet. I'm sure someone already told you below but I'll just say that the stuff you think is dried up grease or glazing is a material sometimes called permawick (the company name), It's purpose is to hold lubricant to keep that shaft lubricated. It's supposed to be there and you picking at it made me cringe. If I saw things correctly on the video you did not oil that permawick material before you replaced the bearing. At this point the oil you put on the shaft will last only a short while and you'll be back to square one soon. You need to add a few drops of 3M 1/4 HP oil to the permawick and you should be good to go for awhile.
Speaking of the shaft, I would not of used a wire wheel on that shaft. That shaft is already experiencing issues and I would not add to them. You just introduced 1000's of micro scratches to it. I would of opted to use another method to clean it up. I would of tried elbow grease, oil and a rag first then perhaps an fine or ultra-fine grit sandpaper as a last resort. Never go to the wheel first. Take your time.
Them steel bladed fans blow out the best air
My Dad fixed fans as a hobby after he retired. He used white lith grease sometimes. I still have about 10 of the fans he worked on, 5 or 6 antique brass
White lithium
Dorkin around with so called junk should be encouraged to the masses I say. Just respect the electricity and use a a gfci.
Loved the lets just heat up the Allen wrench and let the plastic goo do it's thing.–even aligning it was like bonus-nice save btw
Are there brushes on that motor or is it brushless?
for smaller desk/stand fans, that "dried up stuff" is foam, it covers the bushing, i usually apply a fresh coat of motor oil on it whenever i change the bushing.
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I had the exact fan.
I found it out by someones trash and took it home.
Plugged it in and flipped the switch..
POW 💥 LoL 🤣😆
Cha-cha dog took off for the house running. He's such a chicken 🐔 anyways.
After the pop, the fan quit and smoke bellowed out of the motor.
Don't believe there was much more fixing to this fan and pitched into the spare parts ben .
Thats the way to do it.Why throw it out if it could be fixed.There very simple to work on Great job!!
This thing works wonders and blows cold I love it and it blows hard best fan yet !
Good job, May I ask, is your end footage in Rockport MA? I grew up in Lanesville.