Edison Standard Motor Bolt Removal

[Victrolacollector]

I have acquired some rubber washers to use on the motorboard for my recently acquired Edison Standard A (banner decal on case).

I have tried to remove the motor bolts but they spin with the washer attached. It looks like they were secured with a round disc washer??

How do you remove these?

[JerryVan]

Not completely sure what you're describing, but I think what's happening is that the old, melted, dried up rubber has "glued" the washers to the screws you're trying to remove. Hold the washers with a plier and try to break the screws loose.

[Bob]

Put some penetrant on them. I use a pair of needle nose vise grips to hold them while I turn the screws. Some can be tough to get out. You just have to hold onto the round nuts while you unscrew the bolts.

[Victrolacollector]

Thanks to the forum members which responded with help. The penetrating oil helped. I had to cut some notch with a dremel into the round nuts to get a grip on them. I managed to unscrew them. I cleaned the old gaskets out and installed nice new isolator rubber washers from the local Ace Hardware. My machine now runs quieter.

[Bob]

Glad you got it done. They can be a battle to remove.