Hello from sunny California...NOT
Thanks for your reply amberwolf
It's story time. Grab a cup of Joe, sit back, and let me take you on a short journey of woe—gloom, a broom, and rid of a foe.
This early morn, we awaken to a little storm. It's wet, cloudy, and dark with gloom, yet I let that not dampen thoughts of what must be done this early morn.
First, we must pickup tools, and find where they room, then on to pushing a broom.
My shop must be a dust/dirt magnet. What you see is but a short few days since the last sweeping. I must close off the top skylight/vents, in hopes that will help. You can imagine what the rest of the shop is always like, dusty, gritty, not to mention how hard it is to keep the project clean-ish.
With the floor swept and the tools returned to their rightful spot, I had a thought about ‘that motor ’ that lay in wait, unsure of its fate. Time to unravel the mystery, so apart it came.
Those magnets have some grip, so there was a small battle trying to overpower the ‘force’. Finally, there was a success and a thorough magnified search for any telltale sign that would cause the motor not to run.
With no clear answer, and still a healthy-looking motor, I put it all back together. Though in my mind I thought it was easier to turn with just a finger grip. Wishful thinking? Maybe. Pictures were taken but there was really nothing to show. I removed the chain from the good motor and gave the shaft a few turns, and surprise, surprise, it turned the same as the (bad motor?).
Ok, here is where the story unfolds and the mystery is all but solved, if not by actual findings.
The motor p
urss like a kitten. It must be the magic in my fingers. But just in case it is more real world, here is my theory. When I took the motor apart I found nothing, no gouges, scratches, foreign matter, no abrasions, nada, zip. BUT, what I did find was the zip tie, was old and brittle and broke apart while I was trying to put the motor back together. So I removed the remaining pieces and closed up the motor.
Maybe, just maybe, a piece of that zip tie was already wedged inside and it fell out while I was dismantling the motor. And not being metal it didn’t leave any telltale sign.
So a good ending to this story. I won’t need to get another motor. At least in the near future.
