replacement gear motor

car54 · December 04, 2005, 07:23:15 PM

I just replaced my good gear motor with the one from the Surplus Center. The motor mounting bracket went on with no changes. I had to file about 1/32 of an inch off the flat spot of the new motor shaft to make it fit the pivot arm. I placed the pivot arm over the motor shaft and filed the extra length of the shaft flush to the pivot arm. The screw holding it on was then reinstalled in one of the two shaft holes

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I cut the wires from the old motor and installed spade connectors.The motor assembly was reinstalled for a test. I pushed the advance button and it started to work until it jambed.I loosened the motor mount bracket so that it could find it"s own center and it worked. I then put in some small washers to lower the whole motor assembly and tightened the screws up and it worked again. The washers were 0.040 thick.

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Washers are under the motor mount bracket to lower the assembly.

It seems to work and right now I am testing it for a couple of hours. It takes about 15 minutes to install the new motor. Test it before closing the box up. As I said, I had the lower the motor assembly by .040 to get it to work. This may not be true of all replacement motors so you might have to plat with it a little.

Brad

car54 · December 04, 2005, 10:51:00 PM

It has been 3 hours of testing the motor and evey thing is well with it.

Brad

JJC · December 05, 2005, 01:58:57 AM

Thanks, Brad. Very useful info [:)]

John
Newton MA

Arcs_n_Sparks · December 05, 2005, 01:59:44 AM

Car54,

Great news. Thanks for the update and the prototype testing.

Arcs_n_Sparks

Oldman · December 05, 2005, 02:05:47 AM

Good Job....

Olds

iceman · December 05, 2005, 08:28:40 PM

Nice job car54. I have motors coming and look forward to getting back in buisness.[8D]

car54 · December 17, 2005, 09:07:10 PM

I will be trying the replacement motor for the 1st time. I will get back to you with the results.

Brad

car54 · December 18, 2005, 10:55:27 PM

I just did a 11.5 hour smoke with the new motor. There were no problems with it. I did have a bubba puck jamp on me. Either I put them in wrong or because of the cold they frove together. The important point is that new new motor ran with out a problem.

Brad

nsxbill · December 18, 2005, 11:01:13 PM

So, what is the Surplus Center? Is there a website for it? What was the part number for it? Thanks.

Bill

There is room on earth for all God's creatures....on my plate next to the mashed potatoes.

SMOKEHOUSE ROB · December 18, 2005, 11:29:31 PM

bill here you go, http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2005112514585950&catname=&qty=1&item=5-1564-A ps how are you doing?

SMOKEHOUSE ROB · December 18, 2005, 11:31:08 PM

this link is to more info about this project, http://www.bradleysmoker.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=2553&whichpage=1

nsxbill · December 19, 2005, 12:18:27 AM

Thanks Rob. I ordered 6 of them to have them on hand...never know!

I am doing great. I swim about 1.5 hrs every other day, and the other days I do weight lifting for about an hour. I walk a minimum of 30 - 45 min every day, and now down about 130#. The wt. goal I set was to be at 225# by Springtime. I am organizing a sky diving event out of Lodi, CA, and two of my kids and a couple of friends are joining us already. If I can get 5 more, get a better discount for 15K feet tandem jump.

At age 61, it is a sure way of experiencing those endophins again! I jumped in the military and just have to do it once more before I croak! Looking foward to it, and only about 30# away from goal.

Not smoking much...actually not really eating much either. The surgery I had makes the stomach only about the size of an egg. I am an unbelievably cheap date now for dinner!

Ultimately will be heading over to Thailand in early 2007 for skin removal..and there will be a lot of it. Understand it is pretty painful, but recovering on a first class beach beats the hell out of a US hospital bed. Going to use Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok. http://www.bumrungrad.com/htm/eng/main.asp. There was a piece done on them on 60 Minutes. All the Plastic Surgeons are board certified US trained physicians and only RN staff take care of pts. Supposed to be world class service and at an affordable price.

Hope the rack sales were good for you...nice to have a little something on the side...I always did...for those of you with dirty minds, I mean a little business on the side!

Happy Holidays!

Bill

There is room on earth for all God's creatures....on my plate next to the mashed potatoes.

car54 · December 19, 2005, 01:06:14 AM

Bil,

I am glad to here that you are doing good. I am sure that your surgery has been a life changing experience and has challenged you. I do not have a weight problem but my favorite TV show is The Biggest Loser. Those people and you have tremendous strength.

God bless you, Brad

nsxbill · December 19, 2005, 03:14:06 AM

I already felt like the biggest loser prior to losing the weight. All winner now! I tried for years...everything I could, and finally opted for the final answer. Now just have to keep pushing myself to "move the meat!"

Bill

There is room on earth for all God's creatures....on my plate next to the mashed potatoes.

iceman · December 19, 2005, 05:31:26 PM

High folks. I have two replaced sycro motors in units and have had no problems what so ever. I did find out that if you store the units at below minus 20 you want to make sure the generator is on the smoker and warmed up a bit before you pulg it in and advance a puck. The grease in the motor doesn't likt that cold of temp and it tends to start stripping the nylon gears out.[8D]

Big or small you can smoke'm all!!!