Re: Henry's 37 Limousine

Posted by Cli55er On 2016/11/10 17:38:15

the armature has a paper (could be leather) thrust washer at the end.. you can see my finger touching it in the picture. parts book says this is 1/32" thick and it looks it to my naked eye. the metal thrust washer is only seniors, so saith the parts book anyways.

the end play is minor....but only after i remembered to replace the felt in the cup at the end with the brushes. no idea where the original went, but it was missing. probably in my tank of cleaner. i stuffed some new felt down in there and magic it was perfect. oiled the felt and i'm good. but to that end i dont even see the need for the paper washer at the end. if the armature is allowed to sit right on the metal where the bushing is....then the bottom of the brush spring holders touches the armature and would not allow it to spin.

this is why i looked in the parts book and according to it I was only missing the felt at the tip of the grease cup that holds the bushing.

then again....I could be wrong.

good idea on the brushes, so many was to do it i'm sure. i wish i had thought of that. all a means to an end though.

can anyone take a pic of their grease cup, because i swear to you mine had this seal on it before i cleaned it with the wire brush on the bench grinder. maybe it was just hardened up grease from years and years, but to that point i dont see why it would have that wave washer on those holding tabs at the bottom....why not just threads the whole way....makes no sense to me. either way its not hurting anything i suppose and will serve to keep grease from squeezing out the threads when tighening it.