electric motors

[vincent]

The shaft on one of my eletric motors broke this past spring (5/8 shaft). Getting around to fixing it or throwing it away.

The motor is fine, but can the shaft be replaced?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

How much is left? Was it scored first by a slipping set screw?

 

[vincent]

How much is left? Was it scored first by a slipping set screw?

Broke off about 3/4 from the end. Looks just like you took a hack saw and made a perfect cut through the shaft.

I have no reason why is broke, weak maybe? Its almost 6 yrs old. The shaft was inserted directly into a general pump.

 

[John Watson]

No, Unless you change the armature, the shaft is actuly part of the armture unless gear driven. Cheaper solution to replace. When I was a younger Idiot, I did a temperary repair a broken shaft like you mentioned by taking a 2 inch wide shaft collar drilled for set screws on both sides. I was fortunate that I had a long shaft to begin with, which we also determined to be part of the reason the shaft fractured where it did. Again this was just temperary.