Wheel motor off and to the doctor

woodlandfarms · Jan 24, 2018

Well, there goes my chances of fixing the next one on my own. I wonder what is "Difficult". I see the note on the shims. My wheel guy didn't seemed phased at all, seemed very comfortable with fixing it. Guess I will find out when the motor doesn't turn or worse, leaks week after the repair.

MossRoad · Jan 24, 2018

Maybe its like anything else and once you have a go at it, it turns out to be not that difficult. Maybe get a spare wheel motor and dissect the bad one on your own time.... but a couple grand for a spare is a pricey part sitting on the shelf. Would make good business sense if you were a commercial operator to avoid downtime. Kinda hard to justify for homeowner, sometimes. Like having a 3rd car sitting around just in case.

woodlandfarms · Jan 24, 2018

Yeah, no. No way I could afford a spare wheel motor. Would be fun to try, the way I look at things like this is that the guy who is doing my motors is questionable on his high school diploma (not being mean, super nice guy) and I have a college degree. If he can do I can do it is my usual mentality. THen I realize he learned the trick with the thin sheet of cardboard and I spend a month trying to get the springs back in.

dfkrug · Jan 24, 2018

woodlandfarms said:
Would be fun to try, the way I look at things like this is that the guy who is doing my
motors is questionable on his high school diploma (not being mean, super nice guy) and I have a college degree. If he
can do I can do it is my usual mentality. THen I realize he learned the trick with the thin sheet of cardboard and I spend
a month trying to get the springs back in.

It is not so much about formal education, it is more about motivation and experience. A business may
have technicians with lots of good experience, but may not have the motivation to spend the time
on such a project that a DIY owner might have. If they charge a huge price, then they
get the motivation, tho it may not make economic sense to the customer.

Also, note that college degrees in engineering and the hard sciences generally do not provide the
hands-on practical experience of analyzing and repairing actual devices. That experience you gain
from technical schools and/or hands-on experience, whether on-the-job, or from personal DIY motivation.

There will always be folks who project their own lack of DIY motivation or skills onto others, by
saying "don't do that". We all have our limits, but they are vastly different.

ponytug · Jan 24, 2018

What trick with cardboard?

I just learned the one of using grease and a socket wrench to pull a bearing.

I think that there are all kinds of experts, not of them certified or degreed, but all highly schooled in their area of expertise...I'm always happy to learn from anyone who is willing to share knowledge or know how with me. (and vice versa!)

All the best,

Peter

woodlandfarms said:
Yeah, no. No way I could afford a spare wheel motor. Would be fun to try, the way I look at things like this is that the guy who is doing my motors is questionable on his high school diploma (not being mean, super nice guy) and I have a college degree. If he can do I can do it is my usual mentality. THen I realize he learned the trick with the thin sheet of cardboard and I spend a month trying to get the springs back in.

MossRoad · Jan 24, 2018

ponytug said:
What trick with cardboard?

I just learned the one of using grease and a socket wrench to pull a bearing.

I think that there are all kinds of experts, not of them certified or degreed, but all highly schooled in their area of expertise...I'm always happy to learn from anyone who is willing to share knowledge or know how with me. (and vice versa!)

All the best,

Peter

What trick with grease and a socket wrench to pull a bearing? :confused3:

:laughing:

4570Man · Jan 24, 2018

Is the pulling a bearing with a grease gun the same trick as using bread?

MossRoad · Jan 24, 2018

4570Man said:
Is the pulling a bearing with a grease gun the same trick as using bread?

What? Do you pack it with bread and coax a squirrel to change the bearing?

4570Man · Jan 25, 2018

No they use a shaft that fits through the bearing pretty tight. Then stuffed the hole full of bread and drove the rod in compressing the bread. After enough attempts it pushes the bearing out of the hole.