Motor broke off bracket

[qwerty hvac]

Trane voyager from 2008. Never seen the bracket break like this. Found it still running in the unit. replaced motor and shives


The future isn't what it used to be.

[Rane69]

bring that sucket to the scrap yard

[gravity]

Sweet. Bad belt, sheave, or wheel out of balance?

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[joey791]

Cool, thanks for the pic, I have never seen that either before

[Jettinvr6sc]

Crappy welds

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[qwerty hvac]

Sweet. Bad belt, sheave, or wheel out of balance?

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it all seemed ok. I replaced the plastic idler with a metal one. No history on the unit.


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[John Culpepper]

Had a Carrier do that. I broke out the little arc welder and tacked it back together. Carrier blower motors are expensive.

[nolefan]

If you tacked the bracket back on wouldn't you risk messing up the windings?

[Alantoy13]

Wouldn't matter at that point. The motors already bad so it's worth the effort to try.

[ice monster]

I had same exact thing last week on a carrier.

[bsullins]

I've seen this before when an adjustable motor sheave is opened to far. The belt hangs up in the sheave and pulls it off of its bracket.

[John Culpepper]

Wouldn't matter at that point. The motors already bad so it's worth the effort to try.

That's what I figured too. My thought was the belt was way too tight and it busted on start up. Cogged belt. Still running as far as I know.

[DeltaT]

I've recently had this happen, twice I think, on rubber mounted motors in the 3/4 to 1 HP range. The motor base cracks in two pieces. And the cracked pieces look as if they are cheap metal like a cast iron look as when cracked.

[HVAC_Marc]

hell, they're welded on at the factory. so, long as the motor isnt all twisted up or it doesnt sound crappy i might take a shot at welding it all back together,

[qwerty hvac]

hell, they're welded on at the factory. so, long as the motor isnt all twisted up or it doesnt sound crappy i might take a shot at welding it all back together,

If you look at the bracket in the pic it has two cracks in it. The bracket is shot and I did not want to take the chance of having it break again. The customer agreed so I replaced it.


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[HVAC_Marc]

i missed those with my new to me (used) laptop screen. i had to blow it up on the phone. they;re pretty good size.

i suppose the warranty, as well as the lack of complaints, is better with a new motor

[brnestes]

Nothing stops a Trane haha