Electrolux E-2000 motor bearings and oiling them?

[redneckchinadian]

So I'm working on an E2000 vac from the early 1980s and one of the issues the vac shop pointed out to us was the motor bearings were starting to go. You could kinda hear them screech a TEEEENY bit just as the motor was about to come to a full stop but it never made noise while running that sounded off or anything like that. I ripped into the motor and unbolted the fan assembly and blew out the motor and then proceeded to use a spot oiler (used for furnaces) that has the long spout to oil both ends of the shaft where the bearings would be located. The oil is made by a company called "zoom spout" and it's called "turbine oil". Mainly used for oiling the oil ports on a furnace motor. Anyways, I lubed up the bearings that were likely getting dry and when I fired up the motor that not only did it sound smoother and quieter that when I shut the motor off that very teeny dry bearing screech also is gone. Is this a viable long term solution to prolong the life of the existing bearings? I was told by the vac shops that bearings once they make noise even if it's a dry kind of noise needs replacing.

I'm planning on getting a model 2100 that is supposedly in pristine condition and one of the things I will be doing is tearing the unit down for a full deep cleaning of everything including lubing up the motors. I use "triflow" on the power head motors if that makes any difference and I'm not sure if I should be using triflow on the suction motor too.

Thanks

 

[paul]

So I'm working on an E2000 vac from the early 1980s and one of the issues the vac shop pointed out to us was the motor bearings were starting to go. You could kinda hear them screech a TEEEENY bit just as the motor was about to come to a full stop but it never made noise while running that sounded off or anything like that. I ripped into the motor and unbolted the fan assembly and blew out the motor and then proceeded to use a spot oiler (used for furnaces) that has the long spout to oil both ends of the shaft where the bearings would be located. The oil is made by a company called "zoom spout" and it's called "turbine oil". Mainly used for oiling the oil ports on a furnace motor. Anyways, I lubed up the bearings that were likely getting dry and when I fired up the motor that not only did it sound smoother and quieter that when I shut the motor off that very teeny dry bearing screech also is gone. Is this a viable long term solution to prolong the life of the existing bearings? I was told by the vac shops that bearings once they make noise even if it's a dry kind of noise needs replacing.

I'm planning on getting a model 2100 that is supposedly in pristine condition and one of the things I will be doing is tearing the unit down for a full deep cleaning of everything including lubing up the motors. I use "triflow" on the power head motors if that makes any difference and I'm not sure if I should be using triflow on the suction motor too.

Thanks

I use Tri-Flow for a variety of jobs, too. I'm not sure, though, if it's recommended for vacuum cleaner motor bearings. I've read other threads on lubricating motors in which posters have success with different products and at times refute others'. You can use the "Search Forums" hyperlink in the purple strip above to read some of them for yourself, and you may also want to contact Krylon Products via email to find out their take.