Re: 91 Accord Cooling Fan Runs Slow?

Do you happen to know where you can get replacement brushes for those
little fan motors? I just replaced a motor and when I cracked it open
the only thing wrong with it was the brushes were worn down so that
they could no longer make contact with the commutator.

On 31 Jul 2005 21:47:41 -0700, "Todd K." <toddk63@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Thanks for the tips. Its working now. Here's what I did:
>
>Ran the diags from the service manual. While doing so, I noticed that
>the fan would only run if I gave it a little spin. It still ran slow
>though. So OK, bad motor. I took it out to try and rebuild the motor
>(I did this succesfully on older Honda). Before I was to take the
>motor apart, I hooked it up straight to battery just to make sure. It
>ran great. Hooked it back up to connector. Ran the diags again.
>Everything worked fine. I guess the jiggling to remove the fan freed
>up some hung up brushes. I had a similar problem on the alternator
>last fall. I removed a couple screws, jiggled the brush holder and
>alternator has been fine since. A EE friend of mine says this is
>common with small motors as the brushes wear down. They hang up and
>the spring can't seat them properly on the commutator. A little jiggle
>frees them up and they may run trouble free for a long time after that.
>
>Todd K.

.

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