Small electric motor brushes

[professor229]

This is really a shot in the dark but I have found the members of this forum to have some pretty good ideas and alternatives.... Here is my problem... I use linear actuators in my car and installed them about 20 years ago... I bought them from SPAL in Iowa but they no longer sell them. They recommended a company in Des Moines, Iowa, but they do not stock parts and get their actuators from China, as I suspect they all do..... I am old school... I would like to fix it myself and all that is required is a simple set of brushes... I have searched the Internet and have come up empty... so I ordered two new ones, but, I want to fix this one as well.... Is there an online company that might be able to supply brushes for a small linear actuator motor? Any help or ideas would be appreciated...

[risk]

There are tons of generic brushes on ebay.. mostly Chinese.

Try searching for motor brushes there.

[professor229]

Thanks..... I did look on ebay but got too specific when I searched for "linear actuator motor brushes" and it gave me nothing.... but now I just typed in motor brushes and see what you mean.... So my next step is to remove the bad brushes to measure or at least get a good idea of what the size is to narrow the search on Ebay, find some that will work, and then order them and wait..... My new actuators are coming in the mail today.... so these old ones will sit on the shelf.... Thanks for your help....

[risk]

No problem! If you can't find the exact size, you can always sand them down to whatever size you need fairly easily.