This Power Window Motor is from a 1960 Thunderbird. There
are slight internal improvements in the '60, so the 1958 and 1959 Squarebird
motors have differences.
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Picture #1
The two long mounting screws were removed for easy wheel access. Before
attempting disassembly, BE SURE there are no dents or raised metal (dings) on
the motor shaft. A ding will hang up on the bearing, causing unnecessary
damage and a mad scramble for specialty parts. Use a fine file or die
maker's stone and go over the shaft surface. Any imperfections will show
up immediately. File them smooth. The housing shell should easily
slide off of the motor shaft.
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Picture #2
This is a (3M)ScotchBrite wheel,
not a grinding stone! The purpose is to remove paint, rust, and scale,
not dents or dings.
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Picture #3
File the set screw marks so they aren't raised and gently tap the bearing off.
If you feel resistance and the front shell doesn't easily remove, look for an
obstruction on the motor shaft. Continued hammering will destroy the nose
bearing parts.
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Picture #4
Here are the parts laid out. This is really an "after" picture, shown to
keep track of the washers as they help control end play and center the armature
(and brushes) inside the housing.
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Picture #5 This is the armature before the commutator
segments are cleaned-up. This commutator shows evidence of excessive oil or
grease, but a careful inspection shows no burned, scored, or tapered segments.
* Commutator segments are made of soft copper surrounded by micarta or bakelite.
The brushes are made of carbon-impregnated bronze. This combination serves
many purposes:
The materials are heat resistant because brushes run hot from lots of
current and arcing.
Brush carbon forms a lubricating surface on the segments that current
easily passes through, so motors should last many decades.
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As a LAST resort, a disfigured commutator can be 'trued' by tooling the copper
down on a lathe, but the lubricating carbon 'skin' will be gone from the surface
and the micarta will need to be undercut with a knife. Then, the brushes
should be arced to match the new commutator radius (do this by hand with very
fine sandpaper on the commutator). Further 'break-in' will sacrifice some
brush length.
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Picture #7
Nicely cleaned field co
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Picture #8
This is an excellent image showing the brush holders and solder pads, where all
the wires are soldered. Ford kept the integrity of using colored wires for
positive leads and Black for all ground wires.
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Picture #9
This image shows the sintered oilite bearing (on the left) with a surrounding
felt 'oiler'. The reason it is out of the nose bearing holder (top) is
because the motor shaft had a bur and excessive hammering destroyed the bearing
spring. The replacement spring is on the bottom right. Normally,
this bearing assembly should not come apart.
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Picture #10 (from Mike Gaffney (gaffney1951))
This is a broken brush holder plate from a pre-1960 motor. Mike used epoxy
to repair it.
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Picture #16
This armature was cleaned, turned down, and now the commutator segments are
being undercut by removing micarta between segments with a knife.
Time to reassemble and paint this motor. Below is the
electrical schematic (including the switch). The motor is shown within the
dashed lines.
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