Help please - Hoover Turbopower 1000 bit the dust...

[vintagerepairer]

I will still 2nd that. The comm sticks are only there to clean a dirty commutator. They cannot reseat a lifted segment.

 

[jmurray01]

Yes that is true, but did you watch the video Benny to see if the sound was lifted parts of the commutator ?

 

[ryry_87]

yeh sounds like its catching a buggered segment. time for a new motor!

 

[jmurray01]

Alright, new motor it is.

 

[jmurray01]

Oh, so I know for when I find a replacement - how do you remove the motor wires ?

 

[jmurray01]

Anyone ?

 

[vintagerepairer]

They are spade terminals if my memory is correct.They should just pull away from the terminals. If I cam wrong, you may have to cut and rejoin them safely, using joining blocks.

 

[jmurray01]

Yes they do look like they should pull off Benny, but I've tried and they don't seem to budge. Maybe I need to be less delicate.

 

[vintagerepairer]

If they are spades and won't move, look into the middle of the spade and you may see a tiny tag pushed into a round hole in the terminal. This tag needs to be pushed out of the way.

 

[jmurray01]

Thank you Benny, you've helped greatly.

 

[vintagerepairer]

That's fine. Are they off now?

 

[jmurray01]

The neutral wire came off and the live moved a bit, I'll probably get it off easily with a pair of pliers since it is hard to get a good grip on such a small connector.