What's going on with that upper bearing? It looks like there is some type of thick washer stuck in there between the bearing and the top nut. That shouldn't be there. Also it looks like the upper bearing nut lock ring is gone. Was there one on there when you removed the bearing. It's the thin flat ...

holler wrote:It wouldn't hurt to put a new set of bearings in that chopper motor. Glptal those windings while you are at it.

I already replaced the top bearing, and my buddy, who works for an electric motor company, advised me against taking it apart, he said innards are too fragile for it.

dilloncarpenter wrote:Very nice work on the collector rings! How did you get them so clean?

Thanks, I used dish soap water, scotchbright pad, and a lot of elbow grease.

Now that I am waiting for a quote from a sandblasting/painting company, I decided to work on the Chopper. Collector rings before. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x40/bloo96/FS%201000t%20Rebuild/IMG_6444.jpg After. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x40/bloo96/FS%201000t%20Rebuild/IMG_6445.jpg I w...

weasel2htm wrote:If you or someone could re-create or scan another ID tag, I wonder if you could finish removing the paint, and have a vinyl sticker made to recreate the labels, with open spots for the stamped numbers.

Yeah I was thinking about that, or maybe print it out on a decal sheet.

You are lucky it is just paint. I forgot to take the ID tag off of my siren before having it sand blasted. Yeah I am glad I have noticed it now, I am actually getting everything ready for sandblasting. And Westgate I am going to shop around town and see what people can do for me. If you can send me...

I couldn't find any topics relating to this issue so I started a new one. When I was looking over the condition of the sheet metal on my T-bolt head, I noticed that the ID Tag had been painted over "Thank you city of Tucson!" I tried to remove the paint to the original tag, but it didn't t...

Is it too late to mention that I would be interested in one?

Thanks

I refined my artwork one last time so that the lightning bolt can be seen inside the letters and to do away with any other extraneous objects that would block the yellow paint. The yellow background is just so that I could confirm that everything that should be transparent was. Thanks to all of you...