Awning motor replacement questions

wa8yxm wrote:

willald wrote:
did a continuity test between the two wires coming out of the motor, it is wide open, shorted internally. is it really necessary to use rivets to put in the new motor? Can I not just use a couple of properly sized sheet metal screws to mount the new motor onto the end of the roller tube?

Much clipped. First a nit.. An open and a short are exact opposites, If you showed OPEN circuit, then it is NOT shorted anywhere..

Hehe, I wondered if someone would catch me on that mistake. Yes, you're right, it indeed is not an OPEN circuit, it is/was a SHORT. Now that I have the old motor off, I can see that the short is somewhere internal inside the motor (its not the wires going into it, so it is very doubtful I could have repaired this motor.

now the question "Can I use screws" Of course you can, no problem at all, make them fairly shourt (like quarter inch) the problem with screws however is unless you check them from time to time (like Every time) they can come loose and fall out... Rivets do not do that.

Actually, I came to same conclusion, and did not like the screw idea after putting just one in. Sooo, I took it out, went and got me a rivet gun from Harbor Freight, and put in rivets instead. Like it much better this way, looks just like it did from the factory. :)

Will