My motor is startin to squeak!

[L6steel]

What squeaks in the tail end of a dc motor? The one on my grinder squeaks a little when you move it back and forth. Is it time to replace the brushes and bushings??

 

[rlinger]

I doubt it is the brushes. They don't squeek as far as I know. Sounds like a bushing. Run it and and in the mean time get another surplus motor on order so you won't be down when you need it the most.

RL

 

[T Blade]

Spare motor, that's a good idea. For the price they are form Surplus center, it'd be cheaper to keep a spare motor than having the old one repaired.

 

[Mark Nelson]

I replace alot of pool pump motors every year. Most of the time a squeak mean that the bearings are just starting to go bad. Now I can only speak for those type of motors but they will continue to run, the squeak will just get worse until it is a terrible howl and then the motor will fail at some point after that. Having replaced both bearings and brushes and bushings in several different types of motors, if i could get a cheap motor I would go ahead and change the whole thing out.