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Post by Peruano on May 15, 2020 10:00:23 GMT -5
My GyRoc B has a small motor, largely exposed as opposed to many other vibes. While doing maintenance on it I noticed a label that suggested oiling the motor every 6 months (SAE 20 oil). Does anybody have recommendations as to how to oil it. 1. On the shaft where it emerges from the motor housing seems obvious but is there a point on the opposite end of that spinning shaft that would get oil? I see not obvious ports, caps or whathaveyou on the other end, unless the housing was opened up (not likely). I'm tempted to squirt a bit of oil on the shaft and allowing it to feed down along the shaft and assume that it. The motor operates in the vertical position so the oil will move down at least to the first (closest) bearing.
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Post by Peruano on May 15, 2020 11:27:49 GMT -5
Crazy me. I asked the question before I had adequately investigated. I found what I believe are two oil orifices on the perimeter of the housing (each end), but they were initially overlooked because they were not covered and somewhat trapezoidal in shape instead of round like the oil droplets that we feed through them. Oil inserted and I"m hopig we are good to go. The good news is that they are accessible without dismounting the motor. Just tip the tumbler and position the orifices on the upper surface and drip oil into them. Go figure.
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nik
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Post by nik on May 15, 2020 17:40:39 GMT -5
It might be worth checking for a similar oil port on the driven shaft. I have not seen one of these tumblers in person, but a quick web search shows that it is belt driven, so at least one more part is spinning.
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Post by Peruano on May 16, 2020 15:28:06 GMT -5
Good idea, I'll check.
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