Tony,
If I understand what your describing.... you ran the motor with the end
plate off. This would cause the armature to get magnetically seized on
the field coil. The bearing in the end plate keeps the shaft lined up
right in the middle of the field coils..... that's what makes the motor
go. You may have jammed the gearbox with the shaft cocked.
I don't know what got burned out in the process. It sounds like the amps
were heating up the parts. You may still be able to save it by taking it
apart and cleaning the armature and checking the gearbox.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Tony Rhodes <ARhodes@compuserve.com>
To: Dan Masters <DANMAS@aol.com>; Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, March 14, 1999 1:26 PM
Subject: Wiper motor is worse!
>
>Well, I took off the back plate of the wiper motor (TR4A) and cleaned the
>brushes. Then I tried to turn it on with the back plate off so
>I could see what it was trying to do. BTW, I could spin the
>motor by hand (with it off) easily. I turned it on and
>the motor did not spin. I tried to help it along and it was just
>seized in one position! Immobile! THen the brushes got very warm.
>
>I turned it off, reassimbled completely, but it still does not work at
all.
>Just sucks up about 6 amps or more.
>
>What to do now!
>
>-Tony
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