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Hey folks!
Short back story here -- I've been the happy owner of a single speed Leslie 47 for the better part of a decade now. I use it ALL THE TIME (gig with it as well as home use) and it's been a rock for me. I've taken the motors out a handful of times (maybe 3 or 4), disassembled them, cleaned them, and re-oiled them with good results. All has been well :)
Enter my recent Franken-Leslie purchase that I couldn't turn down given the price I got for it. It's a 147 amp in a 122 RV cabinet, complete with a disconnected reverb unit. Leslie works great aside from a bad amphenol connector and noisy motors that take too long to spin up to speed. So, amateur that I am, I decided to take on my first set of dual motor stacks I've ever dealt with (my 47 having only single speed, fast motors).
I successfully took the upper stack out, separated the slow motor from the fast motor, and proceeded to take apart the fast motor in the way I've always done with my 47. No problems so far. I do my usual routine of dust blowing and lightly oiling the shaft, etc. All appears to be well -- I reconstruct the motor, making sure everything goes back in the proper place, and I plug the thing in (without re-attaching it to the slow motor or putting it back in the Leslie -- just for testing). No love! I can't get it to spin.
I hear a hum and there's clearly power, but the shaft won't spin. With a little elbow grease, I can lift up on the shaft a centimeter or two and then I can see it catch and begins to spin. But there's a small amount of horizontal play in the motor shaft (about a centimeter - is that normal?) , and gravity keeps it down. When I push it up, I can get it to catch momentarily, but clearly this doesn't seem right to me. These things should spin freely on their own, right?
I go through the SAME process with the lower motor stack -- same problem! I literally pull the stack from the Leslie, separate the two motors, and plug the fast motor into an outlet. Spins great. I unscrew the four bolts that hold the thing together, give it a blow out, and reconnect the four bolts and the motor sides. NO SPINNING!! AHHH. So frustrating.
Anyone with an idea about what I'm missing? I'm by all accounts an amateur, and I'm sure I'm doing something stupid, but it just doesn't make sense to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much!
- Wes
Silver Spring, MD
Short back story here -- I've been the happy owner of a single speed Leslie 47 for the better part of a decade now. I use it ALL THE TIME (gig with it as well as home use) and it's been a rock for me. I've taken the motors out a handful of times (maybe 3 or 4), disassembled them, cleaned them, and re-oiled them with good results. All has been well :)
Enter my recent Franken-Leslie purchase that I couldn't turn down given the price I got for it. It's a 147 amp in a 122 RV cabinet, complete with a disconnected reverb unit. Leslie works great aside from a bad amphenol connector and noisy motors that take too long to spin up to speed. So, amateur that I am, I decided to take on my first set of dual motor stacks I've ever dealt with (my 47 having only single speed, fast motors).
I successfully took the upper stack out, separated the slow motor from the fast motor, and proceeded to take apart the fast motor in the way I've always done with my 47. No problems so far. I do my usual routine of dust blowing and lightly oiling the shaft, etc. All appears to be well -- I reconstruct the motor, making sure everything goes back in the proper place, and I plug the thing in (without re-attaching it to the slow motor or putting it back in the Leslie -- just for testing). No love! I can't get it to spin.
I hear a hum and there's clearly power, but the shaft won't spin. With a little elbow grease, I can lift up on the shaft a centimeter or two and then I can see it catch and begins to spin. But there's a small amount of horizontal play in the motor shaft (about a centimeter - is that normal?) , and gravity keeps it down. When I push it up, I can get it to catch momentarily, but clearly this doesn't seem right to me. These things should spin freely on their own, right?
I go through the SAME process with the lower motor stack -- same problem! I literally pull the stack from the Leslie, separate the two motors, and plug the fast motor into an outlet. Spins great. I unscrew the four bolts that hold the thing together, give it a blow out, and reconnect the four bolts and the motor sides. NO SPINNING!! AHHH. So frustrating.
Anyone with an idea about what I'm missing? I'm by all accounts an amateur, and I'm sure I'm doing something stupid, but it just doesn't make sense to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much!
- Wes
Silver Spring, MD
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