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Thread Number: 15771
Should I think about oiling the motor bearing ? |
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| Post# 167928 2/1/2012 at 08:17 (4,460 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
Last year I bought a 1977 HOOVER Senior Ranger U4014 which is in brand new condition, and works fantastically, but I was wondering if I should think about oiling the motor bearing as a preventative measure ? Or should I just wait until it gets a bit noisy ?
If I should oil it, could you please tell me exactly how ? Thanks. P.S. If this matters any - It is only used about once every fortnight. | ||
| Post# 167930 , Reply# 1 2/1/2012 at 09:00 (4,460 days old) by massagemiracle () | ||
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| Post# 167936 , Reply# 2 2/1/2012 at 10:18 (4,460 days old) by jakesvacs () | ||
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He means grease... | ||
| Post# 167939 , Reply# 3 2/1/2012 at 10:38 (4,460 days old) by twocvbloke () | ||
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Oil (3-in-1) goes on Bronze Sleeve bearings, grease goes on Ball bearings... | ||
| Post# 167950 , Reply# 4 2/1/2012 at 12:01 (4,460 days old) by jakesvacs () | ||
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Haha, arewell, suppose none of us know what we are talking about, my senior is trashed so not going to grease/oil it. Still got plenty of juniors to do though :P | ||
| Post# 167956 , Reply# 5 2/1/2012 at 12:35 (4,460 days old) by hoover719 () | ||
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You just need to wait until the motor is noisy and dry-sounding. Try running the motor without the belt on it and listen to see if it makes any strange noises. If it does, you should lubricate the bearings. | ||
| Post# 167968 , Reply# 6 2/1/2012 at 14:44 (4,460 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 168037 , Reply# 7 2/2/2012 at 04:36 (4,459 days old) by hoovermanmick () | ||
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can you grease bearings on a hoover freedom cyclinder vac it rumbles bad when you turn it off or is the motor nakard | ||
| Post# 168063 , Reply# 9 2/2/2012 at 12:11 (4,459 days old) by jmurray01 (Scotland) | ||
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| Post# 168390 , Reply# 10 2/5/2012 at 13:13 (4,456 days old) by chyvan () | ||
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My Hoover owners manual from 1986 says that the bearings are lubricated for the life of the motor. Anyone know if you should still do it, or just leave them alone as the manual suggests? | ||
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