Re: '87 5kTQ Heater Core, Part III

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

Hi Tony;

    The squirrel cage fan does come attached to the replacement blower
motor.

    I have just inspected a motor from an '89 100 which failed in service
due to brush wear. The commutator is about 50% worn as well. Brush
replacement and a very careful commutator trim might get another 9-10 years
out of the motor, but I have also seen the fan end bearing go bad on these
units. It's such a PITA to replace these that, unless one is temporarily
financially embarassed, I'd be inclined to put in a new motor (and perhaps a
heater core while I was in there).

HTH

Fred Munro
'91 200q  245k km

-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Lum <tlum@flash.net>
To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Friday, January 23, 1998 2:36 PM
Subject: '87 5kTQ Heater Core, Part III


>Hi Gang,
>
>The quest to renew my A/C fan blower motor continues.  The search for
>replacement brushes has not been successful.  I've gotten some large size
>brushes with shunts (the braided wire attached to the brush) for a large
>industrial motor at a electronics surplus output and will cut these down to
>size.  I've turned the armature on a lathe and to get it square took what
>looks like 90% of the original thickness of the copper contacts :(  This
>motor is probably going to end up as an emergency spare if I get it working
>again.
>
>My question is for those listers who have replaced their blower motors with
>new units: Does the blower come with the squirrel cage fan?  If not, how
>hard was it to get the old fan off of the old motor?  It being plastic, I'm
>a little hesitant to really yank on it.
>
>In the mean time, I'm going to the junkyards today to look at the older
>'80-83 5000s to examine their blower motors.  Since these models did not
>have automatic climate conditioners, I'm hoping that their blower motors
>are in better shape.
>
>Good thing I've got two backup Audis-the TQ's been out of commission for
>the last 2 weeks because of this heater core/fan motor mess!
>
>
>-Tony
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>
>Tony Lum 1987 5000CS Turbo Quattro
>Berkeley, California, U.S.A.                1985 4000CS Quattro
>Audi Owner/Driver/Mechanic by Necessity ;^) 1980 5000S  Sedan
>__________________________________________________________________________
>