Thread Number: 88177
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Maytag DE806 parts needed |
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Post# 1127667 , Reply# 1   9/3/2021 at 19:00 (937 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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I went to a motor repair place in town,got brushes as close as I could and modified them to fit. |
Post# 1127800 , Reply# 2   9/5/2021 at 10:41 (935 days old) by D-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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If you’re looking for the little carbon brush assembly that mounts to the back side of the drum you are going have a difficult time. They’ve become extremely scarce. Fortunately, every part that makes up that assembly is very simple. The little plastic brush holder could be reproduced with a 3D printer and the rest are a small carbon brush, a little spring, and a small brass or copper plate to hold the spring and brush in place and mount the lead to. The drawing below was posted by me in another thread for a member that had the same issue. I also posted all of the related part numbers in that thread if you want to look it up.
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Post# 1127801 , Reply# 3   9/5/2021 at 11:19 (935 days old) by Moparman (Patton)   |   | |
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I guess I'll have to repurpose a different brush assembly from an alternator or motor. I wasn't sure just how difficult they were to aquire, apparently they're made of unobtainium. The joys of the hobby i suppose. |
Post# 1127806 , Reply# 4   9/5/2021 at 12:23 (935 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))   |   | |
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Post# 1127881 , Reply# 5   9/6/2021 at 13:34 (934 days old) by LowEfficiency (Iowa)   |   | |
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>> The little plastic brush holder could be reproduced with a 3D printer Based on your drawing, that certainly looks easy enough to model. It's a high-temperature area though, I wonder what kind of plastic it would take for the part to survive? Would nylon be enough? Or would it take something like polycarbonate? Theoretically, if remaking the brush holder, a person could also modify the dimensions to fit a more commonly available brush/spring size... |