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found an c frame doner in a fan. removed the bearings mounts and the rotor, reused the old rotor and bearings. It was a bit more involved since I had to grind out a rivut that was in the hole where the mount needed to go, press out the old rivut. then I had to sleave up the main bearing mound hole on the new c frame with some nested alum tubing. got it all together. Running slow, since I reused the old rotor it should be turning the correct RPM, so its prob a just a bad idler.
I may have goofed up the new motor, dumb me forgot to check the voltage, I was running in on the variac and it was cranked to 140v. the motor was getting hot, I figured it was just being overloaded some how by the TT, now I realize it was overvoltage. duh...
I am going to see if I can fabricate a new idler, I know I can buy one, but again it goes against my princples on this one. I tried turning down some of the old rubber, but its hard though and though. I also tried my old standby of a large rubber band, it worked fine but ran slow. I replaced the grommets so that is not the problem. what a pita
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