I have a 40+ year old Delta Milwaukee RAS. Lately whenever I shut it
down it screams rather rudely. Sounds to me as if it might be time to
replace the bearings. Maybe even check the windings. Anyone know of a
good rebuilding shop in and around the Triangle area of NC?? I suppose
I could replace the motor but I think it could be a challenge to find
one that would fit the mounts and a hell of a lot more expensive than
having the original rebuilt. Not to mention it would be more pleasing
to the eye. What do these shops do when they rebuild a motor anyway??
> I have a 40+ year old Delta Milwaukee RAS. Lately whenever I shut it
> down it screams rather rudely. Sounds to me as if it might be time to
> replace the bearings. Maybe even check the windings. Anyone know of a
> good rebuilding shop in and around the Triangle area of NC?? I suppose
> I could replace the motor but I think it could be a challenge to find
> one that would fit the mounts and a hell of a lot more expensive than
> having the original rebuilt. Not to mention it would be more pleasing
> to the eye. What do these shops do when they rebuild a motor anyway??
>
Sheesh man ... I asked once in my town in S. Cali, about rewinding new copper
onto a motor, just an average moter, he said a whopping $350.00!!!!!!!!!! I once
bought a NOS Dayton (1725rpm) for MUCH cheaper, maybe (I forget) $40 to $70 ...
Alex
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DIYGUY <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have a 40+ year old Delta Milwaukee RAS. Lately whenever I shut it
>down it screams rather rudely. Sounds to me as if it might be time to
>replace the bearings. Maybe even check the windings. Anyone know of a
>good rebuilding shop in and around the Triangle area of NC?? I suppose
>I could replace the motor but I think it could be a challenge to find
>one that would fit the mounts and a hell of a lot more expensive than
>having the original rebuilt. Not to mention it would be more pleasing
>to the eye.
There *used* to be a good place on Hillsborough St right across from
D. H. Hill library. IIRC is moved someplace on the south end of
Raleigh. Looking in the Raleigh yellow pages under Electric Motors -
Dealers & Repairing I see 5 listings. (one is in Wake Forest)
>What do these shops do when they rebuild a motor anyway??
Some or all of: Rewind the armature/rotor and the field coils/stator.
Replace the bearings. Replace the condensors(s). Clean, adjust or
replace the centrifigul switch for a capacitor start motor. Possibly
replace the overheat cutout. (Did I miss anything? :-)
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--henry schaffer
hes _AT_ ncsu _DOT_ edu