Side Terminal Models: Disassembly
- Mark housings and stator for reassembly. Remove through bolts. Separate front housing with rotor from rear housing and stator. Do not separate rear housing from stator. Remove drive pulley nut, lock washer, pulley, fan and spacer from rotor shaft. See Fig 2.
- Remove rotor from front housing. If bearing is dry or damaged, remove front bearing retaining screws. Support housing near bearing boss and press bearing from housing. Unsolder stator leads from rectifier assembly with 100-watt soldering iron. Use care not to apply direct heat to rectifier.
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- Remove stator from rear housing. Unsolder brush holder from rectifier. Remove capacitor lead from rectifier screw. Remove rectifier retaining screws from rear housing. Remove terminal nuts and insulators from outside of rear housing. Remove rectifier from rear housing.
- Remove brush holder, brushes and 2 rectifier insulators from bosses in housing. Clean 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 from inside of housing.
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