Posted by derek [68.122.14.27] on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 10:05:58 :
In Reply to: Ok, so with that problem solved, on to the next...... posted by Nick [99.100.212.49] on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 23:25:19 :
Don't pay to have the generator rebuilt. At least do some serious shopping be fore you make a deal involving money.
I paid about $120 to have mine rebuilt. I didn't want to deal with bad insulation on the field coils.
Turns out rebuilding was sand blast, paint and brushes. Did I mention sand balsting was done assembled? Within a month the sand had destroyed the bronze bushing. I wound up modifying a generic bushing to work, cleaning the whole assembly, and putting heat shrink tubing over every frayed wire I could get to.
Make sure your rebuild shop knows what a generator is and make sure you know what you are paying for.
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