got radiator fan?
Kneale Brownson
knotnook at traverse.com
Mon Apr 9 21:02:22 EDT 2001
When I took a heater blower fan motor into a motor shop to see if they
could rehabilitate it (too much wear on a shaft to save), the repairman
said a lot of Bosch electric motors have magnets that make them feel
resistant to movement by hand when there really is no problem.
At 07:06 PM 04/08/2001 -0400, kbogach wrote:
>Hi all.
>
>I have replaced bearings in a radiator fan I bought on a junk yard just to
>have a spare one. I don't remember how it was before I did it but now when
>I rotate the shaft by hand it does not go smoothly but it is like rotor
>touch something (magnets). When I connected 12V and let it work 2 min it
>did not get warm as it would be if there was friction.
>My question: does anybody have fresh memory of trying rotate new radiator
>fan motor with hand? Was it going absolutly smooth or like it has slight
>resistance to rotate?
>
>Thank you.
>
>Konstantin Bogach
>
>
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