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- Burbank, California, USA
I recently purchased a 1960's era, US Motors, R-1337-03 (170), 9 Lead, 15HP, 230/460, WYE Start/Delta Run, 3-Phase, Induction, Motor. The motor ran strong but the sound of the bearings gave me visions of the tin man after he finished auditioning for Singing In The Rain. A few YouTube videos later, feeling I could handle it, I made an online purchase for a fresh set of bearings. The motor was an oily mess and after disassembly I see the markings or should I say gouges in the outer bearing retention cap. Looks like a bearing once completely failed, leaving scrapped metal as a reminder of what can happen when using poorly maintained equipment. As I worked hard to clean the motor of foreign matter on the outside a few drops of sweat hit the barely recognizable, filthy, fuzzy, grey, stator and made a tiny clean spot. Oh ho, what do I see but a Bake-O-Light, Brown color insulation on the wire leads?
As my plans are to paint the outside of this motor I have disassembled it and already removed the name plate in preparation for new paint. As I walk past the motor in my garage, it is calling out to me, to run some gentle water over the nasty looking winding's. I want to clean the stator. I want to do this badly! I can envision how nice it would be to be as clean on the inside as its new paint has it on the outside. It is very hard to control myself. At least if I can hold off until I hear from from others that may have done this. I am nervous to ruin the winding's. I'm afraid that I could wash away insulation or force debris into the winding where vibration could cause the debris to do the type of damage that will bring a tool to its end. Because I am aware of this I am especially interested in successful stator cleaning stories. If you have one, some encouragement or another idea, please let me know. Thanx!
Eric
As my plans are to paint the outside of this motor I have disassembled it and already removed the name plate in preparation for new paint. As I walk past the motor in my garage, it is calling out to me, to run some gentle water over the nasty looking winding's. I want to clean the stator. I want to do this badly! I can envision how nice it would be to be as clean on the inside as its new paint has it on the outside. It is very hard to control myself. At least if I can hold off until I hear from from others that may have done this. I am nervous to ruin the winding's. I'm afraid that I could wash away insulation or force debris into the winding where vibration could cause the debris to do the type of damage that will bring a tool to its end. Because I am aware of this I am especially interested in successful stator cleaning stories. If you have one, some encouragement or another idea, please let me know. Thanx!
Eric
