On Aug 6, 10:59*pm, "Ivan Vegvary" wrote:
Removed motor from cement mixer. *Chiseled off chunks of splattered concrete
from motor. *Used a bearing puller to remove crusted on small pulley from
motor shaft. *While tapping on the end of the puller the motor shaft
suddenly freed up and was able to turn.
Plugged it in and it runs fine. *Fairly quiet!

Question: *Tear it down further to look at bearings .. or .. use as is.


Thanks, Ivan Vegvary

My guess is still dirt or rust between the rotor and stator was the
cause. I would still take the end bells off , pull the rotor out,
clean the rotor and stator and put something on to inhibit rust.
Maybe wash off the windings with some water and a little detergent
before putting on something to inhibit rust. I would not worry about
the bearings. You can always replace them later. Maybe write the
bearing sizes somewhere if they are not easily read on the nameplate.
So if it starts to get noisy, you can get some new bearings so you
have them when it gets too bad.

Should take less than an hour to do the above. Of course if you need
to use the motor right now, you can always do what I suggest later.

Dan