wiper motor and heater blower (LAC, Rant)

[Aleksander Mierzwa]

At 20:22 00-12-19 -0500, Fred Munro wrote:

>Once the motor starts chirping, it's time for a new one. Lubing the bearing
>will quiet it temporarily, but the chirping always comes back. If that is
>your original motor, the brushes are probably shot and one of these days it
>will stop running. It's such a PITA to replace these things that anything
>less than a new motor is false economy.

I tend to disagree. Every time an electric motor dies on a car, I take it
to a trusted electrician and say "please rebuild it". He replaces bearings,
brushes and machines the commutator. These are the only parts that wear
out. This costs me $30 vs. $150 for a new motor. IMHO it doesn't make sense
to put new parts on a 13 years old car if they can be successfuly rebuilt.
Same applies to alternators, starter motors, PS pumps, racks etc.

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Aleksander Mierzwa
Warsaw, Poland
87 5KT