82 Rabbit heater blower lubrication

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Rich - 17 Jan 2009 22:45 GMT

The original blower (squirrel cage with motor inside) lasted 20 years.
Replaced new 180 bucks - bearings screaming on startup 2 years later.
Any idea if the bearings in this blower/motor assy. can be lubricated?
TIA rich

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dave AKA vwdoc1 - 18 Jan 2009 14:33 GMT

Is yours the easy one to remove? With factory a/c, dealer installed a/c or
without a/c?
Try to lube the bearings/bushings and let us know.
Two years is a very short life for a blower motor. :-(

> The original blower (squirrel cage with motor inside) lasted 20 years.
> Replaced new 180 bucks - bearings screaming on startup 2 years later.
> Any idea if the bearings in this blower/motor assy. can be lubricated?
> TIA rich

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Rich - 19 Jan 2009 01:59 GMT

Mine had a dealer installed A/C but that is a separate bladed fan
inside the car on right side of heater. This blower is under the
hood, you are supposed to drop the heater to replace it, but we
had a gorilla team that bent the front of the steel air chamber
to get the blower out and new one in... The replacement blower
was probably on the shelf for 20+ years tho. Will experiment!
rich

> Is yours the easy one to remove? With factory a/c, dealer installed a/c or
> without a/c?
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>>Any idea if the bearings in this blower/motor assy. can be lubricated?
>>TIA rich

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pfjw@aol.com - 19 Jan 2009 13:37 GMT

There is a PTFE (AKA "Teflon") bearing penetrating oil that I have
used in similar applications with some success.

Here is one source - and I have no idea how easy it is to get or not,
I found my needle-nose bottle of the stuff at a swap-meet in Kutztown,
PA some years ago.

http://www.miller-stephenson.com/

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA

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