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Re: Repairing motors
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lugnet.robotics
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Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:49:27 GMT
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Simon Brooke wrote:
> Sorry for butting in - I haven't been subscribed to the list for some
> time because of pressure of work. This weekend I had a bit of time and
> got to the point of having nearly completed a robot I've been working on
> for some time; and I needed one more motor.
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> So I went into town and found the one toyshop open on a Sunday and found
> they had no motors individually, but one old and battered set 8266,
> which contains a motor apparently identical to the ones in the
> Mindstorms set; drove back home, plugged it in, and... nothing.
> **FRUSTRATION**
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> On inspection the motor is extremely stiff: you can't turn the shaft by
> hand at all. I've sprayed a lot of WD40 into it and got it rigged up
> with one of my other motors cranking it round with a reduction gear just
> now, and it's turning - but it still won't turn by hand.
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> Getting the backplate off is easy; but then there's the problem of
> getting the motor out. Chris Moseley posted to the list on 15 Oct 1998
> that 'it just drops out'. Not mine, they don't - neither the dead one
> nor one of my live ones which I took the back off for comparison.
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> If anyone can give me any advice either how to get the motor out of the
> body or what to do next I'd be exceedingly grateful.
I too have had trouble with the motors in this set. I own 9 Technic gear
motors (2 micro motors & an old motor) and have had two! bad motors from these
sets. They won't spin by hand and don't work well when powered. I have no
idea why.
BUT, if you phone shop at home they will replace the motors FREE of charge.
Dean
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