Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it)

   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #21  
So what did you have to give for the module, I replaced one on a Cub and as I recall it was about $125, ouch! /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Curt
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it)
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About 80 bucks.. delivered. I have no idea what Sears charged for it because it came up immediately unavailable.. Unlike the chipper chute which went through the system and was actually charged to my credit card.

As for the chipper, I'm fed up with it. Every time I use it something goes.. flails come loose.. something jams... etc. This is the second chute I've replaced after the welds busted.

I'm saving.. number one for a welder.. number two for a Bearcat PTO chipper/shredder.

PS curt.. where in NE Ohio? I'm a Buckeye myself.. born and raised in Alliance.
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #23  
There are place which rewind things. When I was a golf cart mechanic, we couldn't get new motors, but we would bring the old ones to get rewound (and the armature turned, etc.)

I suspect that if you look around and made a few calls, you could find a rewinding place. They have ways of figuring out the size of wire, turns, and so on.
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #24  
Transformers are quite a bit different than motors, my experience has been, not many people rewind them and if you do find a shop that will tackle it expect to pay dearly.

If you want to save the old girl.. Typing this as I think because it's been years....

If the transformer has metal covers remove them along with any bolts holding everything together. Take a good look at how it's put together and take notes on how the laminations are arranged and how/where the leads are connected to the windings. Throw the transformer in the burn pile, if you don't have a burn pile, fire up your charcoal grill using scrap wood and throw the transformer in, charcoal could get too hot and melt the copper wire. The idea is to burn off the coating they dip the things in so you can get the iron laminations separated. Work at this until you can pull the metal laminations out from the coil. Pay attention as to how they come out so you can put it back together.

Once you have the coil(s) free of the core, unwind the wire while counting the turns. You will have a coil of heavy wire which is the secondary then probably under that will be a smaller winding which is the primary. Keep one piece of wire from each winding so you can match the wire size at your local electronics supply house. Better yet go to a motor rewind shop for the wire and some of the tape they use inside motors.

Now the fire probably destroyed the original plastic form the windings were on so you will need to fabricate something to separate the wire from the iron core and provide a form/spool to wind the wire back on. If you can find some sheet pvc plastic, make a box that will just fit over the iron core. I am thinking some fairly thin plastic bent into a square box and a couple drops of PVC glue applied with a toothpick should make a pretty good spool. It would help if it had side boards to keep the wire from slipping off the ends. A couple more pieces of plastic and glue should take care of that. What you have just made should look like a square wire spool and be a snug fit over the transformers iron core. If you don't want to mess with spool ends/sideboards you can lay a piece of the tape under each layer crossways from the windings and loop it back over the end of the windings to hold the wire in place. The problem is this may make the spool to big to fit back into the transformer core. You will just have to play it by ear and do what you think will work.

Now it's just a matter of winding the wire back on the form and soldering stranded wire pigtails to the ends of the magnet wire. Use the tape you bought at the motor shop between the primary and secondary windings and also to secure the connections to the pigtails. The winding will need to go on in neat layers or you probably won't have enough room to get all the wire back on the transformer. If you can find a rotary counter that will count each rotation you can chuck the spool in your drill motor, rig up the turns counter and speed up the winding process.

You may be able to get it apart without the burning process but I never had much success without cooking off all the coatings. Like I said it's been years but this is the general idea and will work if you are willing to spend the time.
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #25  
Hey Jibber,
I'm a little slow on the reply. I'm in the Clinton area, close to Wadsworth, Doylestown, that general vicinity.
Curt
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #26  
OhioGuy

Getting to be a small world both myself and Pineridge are in Clinton also. Actually Manchester on Grove we met on this board and turns out we are within a mile of each other.!! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #27  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Someone once told me that companies only had to make replacement parts available for 7 years after the main unit goes out of production. Don't know if this is true or not, but it would explain why they don''t stock parts for older equipment. )</font>

I think some companies use parts prices to control the demand for replacement parts as equipment gets older. While the equipment is in production, the parts are fairly reasonable, but after production of the equipment and parts has ceased they continually raise the price of the part to reduce the demand until the price is so high most people will opt for a new piece of equipment rather than pay the outrageous part price. This way the limited parts last as long as the demand. Just my theory from how I have seen parts priced on some things over the years.
In other words, the part remains available for quite a few years if you are willing to pay the price.
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #28  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Recently my son used my top-of-the-line, less than ten year old Sears battery charger (wheeled type with electronic controls), improperly hooked it up and burned out the transformer. I got out the manual, looked up the part number and ordered a new transformer. )</font>

If you are talking about the large main transformer in the charger I would be surprised if the current price for it was not very close to what you could buy a new charger for on sale or at a discount store. When you consider the diodes may have been weakened and need replacing also, you are probably better off buying the new one. How did the prices compare?

I would think a "top-of-the-line" model would have protection to prevent self destruction when hooked up wrong since even some of the cheap ones do.
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #29  
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Getting to be a small world both myself and Pineridge are in Clinton also. Actually Manchester on Grove we met on this board and turns out we are within a mile of each other.!! )</font>

Howdy neighbors.

I'm in Manchester as well - just off Nimislia between the Middle and High schools - probably a couple miles away from y'all at most.

Who knew ?
 
   / Sears Parts Availability (or lack of it) #30  
I have to wonder how many other members on TBN are this close to each other.? Sorry for stealing the post
 

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