On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:35:40 -0500, the infamous Wayne
scrawled the following:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:51:18 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:06:40 -0500, Wayne
wrote:

I use a window air conditioner to keep my tools dry and myself cool
during the summer months. When I took it out last year the motor was
squeaking. So this spring I disassembled it, greased up the motor,
and put it back together. The bearings were completely dry.
Not knowing what kind of grease to use, I put in wheel bearing grease.
Toward the end of the year it started squeaking again. After I shut
it off and later turned it on, the motor wouldn't run anymore.
I was just going to pitch the whole thing, but decided on doing a
post-mortem. The motor turned very stiffly. What grease was in there
was very thick. After cleaning with WD-40, the motor spins ok.
What would be a recommended grease for a motor like this
with sleeve bearings? Or is the motor just going to fail again
since it already has gone squeekers?

Thanks,
Wayne D.

Oil, not grease. A couple drops of synthetic motor oil would work just
fine - or even standard motor oil. For small motors I've got a little
needle dispenser of "DuraKote" lubricant that works very well.

Indeed. Standard operating procedure for Swamp Coolers and their cages
and motors.

One buys a "Zoom Oiler" and gives it a few drops on a regular occasion.

Gunner

"Lenin called them "useful idiots," those people living in
liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support
to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that
would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked
passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us
today. Now the useful idiots can be found in the chorus of appeasement,
reflexive anti-Americanism, and sentimental idealism trying to inhibit
the necessary responses to another freedom-hating ideology, radical Islam"

Bruce C. Thornton, a professor of Classics at American University of Cal
State Fresno

I shall look into getting an oiler like that. There's only a million
sheet metal screws to take out before getting to the motor.

When you have that housing off is a perfect time to make an access
panel, Wayne. Then it'll only be a couple screws to get inside. Run a
strip of door weatherstripping foam on the cover for an air seal.

--
The blind are not good trailblazers.

-- federal judge Frank Easterbrook