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nlorntson
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| Will do. Thanks John. |
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nlorntson
Crazy VW Lady
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Location: Twin Cities, MN
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| What is the best way to get the bearings off the shaft? Anyone have a preferred tool or method? |
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johnshenry 
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Location: Northwood, NH USA
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| What is the best way to get the bearings off the shaft? Anyone have a preferred tool or method? |
I've used a small 3 arm puller before. Some can also be tapped off carefully with a screwdriver and hammer.
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virtanen
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Location: Finland
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| nlorntson wrote: |
| What is the best way to get the bearings off the shaft? Anyone have a preferred tool or method? |
Use a bearing puller.
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GüteAndTite
Early Convertible Güru
Joined: June 16, 2005
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Location: Low So Cal
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Wolfsburg West sells the bearings
http://wolfsburgwest.com/cart/DetailsList.cfm?ID=111903221A
And the bushes.
Not too much to rebuilding them. You'll need a very wide, thick slotted screw driver bit to get the field cores out without munging up the the slot in the screw. I made one out of an old chisel and use it in an impact gun. You'll probably want to re-wrap the field windings an replace the leads. The paper wrap does not hold up well. I re-wrap them with black cloth tape that I use with the wiring harnesses. I use new cloth covered wires for the leads. Of course replace the brushes.
The armatures I usually just clean up, and chuck them in my drill press and spin them and run some fine ScotchBrite against the commutators. Also, I use dental pick to clean the gaps between the commutators. Metallic junk in there can cause shorts or current bleeds between the windings.
If you take it all the way down, you can bead blast the housing, and have it re-plated. Paint the end caps and make it look "cracking"....  |
I noticed the field coils need 3 things to come out:
the 2 large screws- check,
regulator wires going through generator body need ends desoldered to pull through hole- check
the grounding wire for the 2 coils goes to a stud and fiber washer setup wish is peened like a star on the outside.-how to remove???
Id like to get my generator housing re nickel plated so its spiffy.
but I dont want to wreck this peened post gidget or the field coils.
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Stocknazi
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does anyone have a sorce for new fiel coils and armatures
i saw an ebay add that listed them in a kit, looking for an alternative electrical supply store
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empiracer
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Location: Issaquah / Seattle, Wa.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Early Generator Rebuild? |
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| Has anyone experimented with parts interchangeability, i have a Red with a damaged shaft on the armature, I’m wondering if it possibly to use a armature from a later more common 6v unit |
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ozinbc
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| Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2020 11:08 pm Post subject: Re: Early Generator Rebuild? |
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tool for removing field coil screws - from eBay: drag link socket screw, press used to apply secure retaining force, case separator used internally to prevent the case going out of round as pressure applied. Easier than I thought, no damage to the screws.
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