Blower rebuild for 5k/200.. need btdt info

[james accordino]

--- "Beatty, Robert" <BeattyR at ummhc.org> wrote:
> Hi Gang,
> 
> Just got my blower that i want to rebuild before i
> put it into my car and i
> know some of us have changed brushes in this.  Do I
> take the clips off the
> housing and split the blower housing in half or can
> i remove the blower
> motor from the side by taking off the C-clip?  Any
> BTDT would be
> appreciated.
> 
If you just want the blower, take it out the end.  I
wouldn't NOT change the heater core if I were keeping
the car more than 10 minutes.  It only cost me about
$40. and it's a real pain to take that box out.  The
flaps can be a little tricky.  You can make a nice jig
just like Bentley shows out of cardboard.  This helped
me the first time.  I renewed the foam seals on my
flaps with some different stuff from some HVAC
contractors I know.  I used rope caulk to seal the box
halves.  I used closed cell foam strip (3/4" x 1/2"?)
to seal the box to the body.  As for the blower the
squirrel cage wheel presses off the shaft.  I used a
20 ton press and just went real easy and they come
right off.  The brushes are "generic".  I got them at
a hardware store/tool repair place.  Just sorted
through some boxes.  They should be slighty oversized,
probably in 1 dimension.  File or sand them to size. 
You should unsolder and uncrimp the old brush tails
from the housing.  This was the hardest part for me,
but once I did the first one they were pretty easy
after that.  I heated and cleared some solder,
uncrimped them and then heated it again and pulled the
tails out and cleaned the area again with a brass
"toothbrush".  Total time should be about 10-30 mins.
per brush to size/remove/clean/install.  I paid about
$1. something for the brushes.  The bearing is also
cheap.  I think it was about $3. something, but I
wanted a German one.  FAG or Fafnir I think.  I think
the guy said a Taiwan one was about $2.  I don't
remember the size but 16mm x 24mm x 6mm sounds
familiar.  Don't quote me on that.  I spent the most
time working on the airbox seals/sealing.  So far both
systems on my cars work great and I haven't heard on
any problems with the other blower motors I did.(and I
WOULD have heard if they had problems!)

HTH and good luck!
Jim Accordino