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<blockquote data-quote="Fred W" data-source="post: 1182242" data-attributes="member: 3828"><p>I would say that the problem with what you found was the presence of oil mixed with the brush dust. Normally the brushes wear and the dust flies off. If there is oil or grease in the area of the brushes it may have allowed the conductive brush material to cake up in the spaces between the commutator segments. Having to clean that commutator every 26k miles seems a bit excessive to me. I know of many other FJR starter motors that have lasted 100's of thousands of miles with no maintenance.</p><p></p><p>Any idea how that oil or grease might have gotten in there? Or maybe this is more of a random fluke that your got too much grease from the factory?</p><p></p><p>@Gary - <a href="https://lmgtfy.com/?q=Clamp+on+DC+ammeter" target="_blank">Clamp on DC Ammeters</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fred W, post: 1182242, member: 3828"] I would say that the problem with what you found was the presence of oil mixed with the brush dust. Normally the brushes wear and the dust flies off. If there is oil or grease in the area of the brushes it may have allowed the conductive brush material to cake up in the spaces between the commutator segments. Having to clean that commutator every 26k miles seems a bit excessive to me. I know of many other FJR starter motors that have lasted 100's of thousands of miles with no maintenance. Any idea how that oil or grease might have gotten in there? Or maybe this is more of a random fluke that your got too much grease from the factory? @Gary - [URL="https://lmgtfy.com/?q=Clamp+on+DC+ammeter"]Clamp on DC Ammeters[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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