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Al A. Al A. is offline
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Default source for motor brushes?

clare at snyder.on.ca wrote:

What is the motor out of (or off of)?
I'm guessing a treadmill
If the manufacturer is still in business and in this country, they
should have them available. If offshore, and handled by a reputable
distributor THEY should have the.
If not, try an auto-electric shop or motor shop and get the next
largest size and work them down to fit.



Thanks for the reply. I should have included this info, but it is not
out of treadmill. The motor is an industrial TEFC C-face unit that used
to be attached to a right angle gear reducer of some sort. IIRC the
motor is labeled "Boston Gear", but the gearbox is long gone. I think my
next step may be to try to dope out the model number (nameplate is
pretty beat up) and see if Boston Gear can help.

I guess I am hoping one of you guys will say "...Oh yeah, just call
here and tell Bob what you need...."

thanks again,
AL