Dust collector, noisy and no lubrication?

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I recently bought an el-cheapo 1hp dust collector ($160CDN new!) The thing works great, and the overall finish was pretty good for such a cheap unit.

However, when I shut the motor/impeller off, it spins for a second, then I hear what sounds like a centifugal clutch dropping out. Then, something inside spins down but there is NO lubrication and it
screetches like a banshee. Direct metal on metal.

I don't mind taking it apart to fix it. Can anyone point me in the
correct place to start looking just based on my description? (I post an mp3!)

Thanks
Rob

― charleston charge (chaki), Tuesday, 22 February 2005 11:11 (twenty years ago)

three months pass...

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003TB0.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

???

― Ian John50n / JW (orion), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:21 (twenty years ago)

God, I thought this was going to be much dirtier.

― Ian Riese-Moraine's all but an ark-lark! (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 2 June 2005 20:24 (twenty years ago)

our dust collectors often need attention around the fans... sometimes the bolt which holds the fan on it's shaft comes loose enough to let the fan blades spin freely on the shaft. (sometimes this can result in a brief shaking/rattling sound as it slows down, as the looseness/vibration moves through a kind of "harmonic looping" - not sure exactly how to word this- where the speed and vibration are matched such that it makes itself rattle until it gets a bit slower)

at least you should unscrew the cover plate and have a look in there

wait, is it actually you posting this? is this a real question or are you pasting it from somewhere??

― ronny longjohns (ronny longjohns), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:25 (twenty years ago)

and it's an old as hell question.

i got all excited because strangely enough i find this question interesting!

― ronny longjohns (ronny longjohns), Friday, 3 June 2005 00:28 (twenty years ago)

Hahah I think you've ruined chaki's thread pachinko.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 3 June 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

Nah, he already won with this round.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 3 June 2005 05:53 (twenty years ago)

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