dillonf
fully equipped rock polisher
Hounding and tumbling
Member since February 2022
Posts: 1,610
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Post by dillonf on Oct 17, 2023 18:26:00 GMT -5
My Fasco motor died after ~8 months. I bought rocknewb101 Lot-o and it had an Imesa motor on it. I put the Imesa on my unit and it is a much better motor than the Fasco for this application. I have noticed two differences that contribute to this: 1) exactly what waterboysh explained above and 2) the dual shafts are slightly thicker and the fans fit tighter. The fans on the Fasco were always slipping out of alignment and I think this contributes to the deterioration of the motor. The fans on the Imesa haven't slipped out of alignment yet. I think I will put a concrete motor on the other frame when I get a chance, because I can't seem to find a source for the Imesa motors. Does anyone know if these can still be purchased?? dillonf - that lot-o initially had the fasco motor on it - the Imesa is the replacement they sent after the original motor died after a few months. That new motor has only 2-3 batches run through it. OK cool!
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dillonf
fully equipped rock polisher
Hounding and tumbling
Member since February 2022
Posts: 1,610
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Post by dillonf on Oct 17, 2023 18:26:33 GMT -5
How did you remove the spot welds holding on the back plate? I didn't actually. I just used a Dremel and a cut-off wheel to remove the side plates. I painted the exposed metal red to hide the ugly cuts. Ahh. good to know thanks!
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