Hi - I just bought an electric Credenza. I'm sure that the motor is dirty and probably needs maintenance of some kind. Any suggestions on what should be done or does anyone know of someone who can do maintenance? Thanks!
Buck Winslow
raleighantiques@yahoo.com
Electric Credenza Motor Service
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- Victor Jr
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Re: Electric Credenza Motor Service
Hi, if the motor is original, its probably heavy duty and made out of cast iron like mine.
Someone installed an electric motor in my XVI in the 30's and it would not turn on at all.
It was totally frozen up, so I used liquid wrench on the spindle axle and a wrench to free it.
Once I got it free I used my power drill (clockwise) and attached it to the spindle and ran it
for a few minutes to loosen it up. I also sprayed some WD 40 on the contacts on the rotor part
to help clean them. This did the trick and now it runs at a perfect 78 rpms. By the way be sure
its unplugged while you do this steps just to be safe before you try it out. Good luck!
Someone installed an electric motor in my XVI in the 30's and it would not turn on at all.
It was totally frozen up, so I used liquid wrench on the spindle axle and a wrench to free it.
Once I got it free I used my power drill (clockwise) and attached it to the spindle and ran it
for a few minutes to loosen it up. I also sprayed some WD 40 on the contacts on the rotor part
to help clean them. This did the trick and now it runs at a perfect 78 rpms. By the way be sure
its unplugged while you do this steps just to be safe before you try it out. Good luck!
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- Victor Jr
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- Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
Re: Electric Credenza Motor Service
Great! Thanks for the info. I've lubricated my motor in all the places where I saw moving parts. I'm much more familiar with the spring-driven motors than the electric ones. The only concern I have is that the motor's hum seems a bit loud. It's not so loud that it masks the sound (hard to beat the Credenza!) but it's louder than a newer motor would be.