Dave Huntress Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 yesterday. Hi guys, where can I find another blower motor for my Buffalo Forge? Anyone have one for sale? Mine is a No. F-6145 Type E. Has a 1/2" shaft 2-3/4" long. Thanks in advance.... Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 have you tried Surplus Center http://www.surpluscenter.com/electric.asp?catname=electric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Huntress Posted January 30, 2012 Author Share Posted January 30, 2012 I have not but thanks for the link. I need to buy a backup motor.. altho I did learn something about my blower motor. I tore it all down hoping maybe it was a loose connection. Well when I pulled the motor out and took the cover off I found out that it has adjustable brushes... wow! what a bonus... seems as they just sort of wore down some and all I had to do was loosen two screws and rotate the brushes block until they touched the windings and I had power again... those guys were thinking back then... so right now I'm out of the woods but I'm gonna get m e a back up because I was really discouraged when that happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewed Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 heck, you may be able to buy replacement brushes... Mcmaster has a bunch, as does Grainger.http://www.mcmaster.com/#motor-brushes/=g1ayjj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Huntress Posted January 31, 2012 Author Share Posted January 31, 2012 Another good link, thank you sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbob Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 thats good to know as you can us a rheostat to adjust the blower speed and not worry about burning up the motor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Most universal motors---they type you can use a simple rheostat for speed control on---have replaceable brushes and they should be checked on a semi regular basis---more often if they were worn when first inspected less often if they were good. If you can't find an exact match as a replacement you can often buy an oversize one and file/sand it to the correct size---messy but not hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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