So there is never a good reason to throw away a motor.
I got this old Electrolux 1205 motor for an education. And an education is what I've got. I have the motor disassembled and I am currently refurbishing it.
Refurbishing an electric motor is not only possible, it's not really that difficult. For those of you with antique electric motors instead of replacing them with Chinese manufactured motors you can rebuild them yourself.
Is this something this forum is interested in seeing? Rewinding armatures, fixing motor shorts and replacing bearings is not that difficult.
On this 1205 I intend to replace the final fan bearing, possibly with a ceramic bearing. Which should make this around 50 year old vacuum motor go for another 50 years.
I don't think there are many engineers on this forum, or people who are interested in electric motors and how easy they are to restore. But I'll update this thread just in case someone in the future doesn't want to update their appliance with a Chinese communist made motor.
I expect to bench test this 1205 motor sometime over the next week or two.