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Side Terminal Models: Disassembly

  1. Mark both housings and stator with scribe for reassembly. Remove through bolts and separate from housing and rotor from rear housing and stator. Do not separate rear housing from stator at this time. Remove drive pulley nut, remove lock washer, pulley, fan and fan spacer from rotor shaft. See Figure.
  2. Remove rotor and shaft from front housing, remove spacer from rotor shaft. Remove 3 screws holding front bearing to housing. If bearing is damaged or has lost lubricant, support housing close to bearing boss and press bearing from housing. Unsolder stator leads from rectifier assembly, using a 100 watt soldering iron.
  3. Remove stator from rear housing. Unsolder brush holder from rectifier, using a 100 watt soldering iron. Remove capacitor lead-to-rectifier screw. Remove 4 rectifier-to-rear housing screws. Remove 2 terminal nuts and insulator from outside of housing, remove rectifier assembly from housing.
  4. Remove 2 brush holder-to-housing screws, remove brushes and holder. Remove 2 rectifier insulators from bosses in housing. Clean all sealing compound from rear housing and brush holder. Remove capacitor from rear housing. If necessary to replace rear bearing, support rear housing near bearing boss and press bearing out of housing from inside.