Yes, i purchased a Fasco motor and it is in transit.
From Electric Motor Warehouse.
Those are good ideas. Maybe i will recondition the old motor and then try to rotate them.
In Arizona, it often gets to 115 deg ambient, so inside the AC cover, where it is shedding heat from the RV, its gotta be punishing temps. Ive heard people say the motors last 1-2 yrs. (car batteries only last 3-4 here...)
Cooking the bushings... i like that
I had my furnace blower motor out (PA winter where the furnace runs constantly), and was seriously thinking on how i could retrofit some ball bearings on the thing.
PA too cold
AZ too hot