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Old 31st Oct 2017, 6:10 pm   #1
TonyDuell
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Default Philips N4510 reel motor

I am trying to repair a Philips N4510 and have had a disaster. I stripped the deck mechanism (apart from the heads) and cleaned the parts and then decided to check the motors. One of the reel motors was mechanically stuck, but by turning the pulley back and forth it started to spin by hand.

Alas it would not spin electrically, it drew no current from my bench PSU. So I prised off the bottom cover of the motor (possibly a bad idea but I had little to lose). It appears to be an ironless rotor, face commutator and leaf springs for the brushes in the bottom cover.

Anyway, it's open-circuit between all pairs of segments of the commutator. I can't work out how to get the motor further apart (I would consider having a go at rewinding it, I guess....)

Does anyone have any suggestions as to a possible replacement? I will put a 'wanted' request in the appropriate section just in case, but...
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