Bathroom fan motor BVD0218-00 question.
When I push up against the bottom of our Ventline BVD0218-00 motor (one finger thru the screen) the bathroom fan starts to turn. Does this mean the motor is still good and there's only a poor connect...
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It probably needs oil. These motors have no torque and it doesn't take much to get them to stop spinning.
It is possible that the thrust bearing is out. That is why you have to push up on it. Once it starts spinning the blades make it fly and the bearing is no longer needed. Oil might help, or it might not.
After that it depends on how handy you are and how much of a tightwad you are. If you are a big tightwad like me then I have taken these little motors apart and built new bearings out of what ever I find handy that will work. Sometimes small washers or sometimes tin cut out of a beer can will do the trick.
What ever it takes to save a buck I will do.
Besides, the newer it is the cheaper it's built. If this motor lasted 10 years you know the next one will only last 5. The one after that 2.5 and so on.
It is possible that the thrust bearing is out. That is why you have to push up on it. Once it starts spinning the blades make it fly and the bearing is no longer needed. Oil might help, or it might not.
After that it depends on how handy you are and how much of a tightwad you are. If you are a big tightwad like me then I have taken these little motors apart and built new bearings out of what ever I find handy that will work. Sometimes small washers or sometimes tin cut out of a beer can will do the trick.
What ever it takes to save a buck I will do.
Besides, the newer it is the cheaper it's built. If this motor lasted 10 years you know the next one will only last 5. The one after that 2.5 and so on.
