All,
I know it is OT and Menning will chastise me, but here goes. I need a
repairman that replaces the head wire on old fans. By head wire I mean
the wire that runs from the base to the motor housing on old fans.
After 70 years or so, this wire starts to decay and if the fan is set
to oscillate, the wire will fray sooner. Replacing this wire requires
the motor housing to be opened up and therein lies the hitch. These
motor housings were machine-pressed together and it is a task beyond
my abilities to open them I have several fans that need this work
done. Does anyone have a repairman who is able to do this that they
can hook me up with? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
rgds,
Mark S.

I've done this - you don't need a specialist, it's not hard. remove the
screws holding the motor halves together - if you can't just pull them apart
(which is what I find I can do much of the time), a tap on the hub with a
soft mallet will almost always separate them. If that doesn't work, cut a
piece of wood to remove an approximate circle of the right diameter, split
the wood into two halves and clamp it onto one half of the housing - then
while holding the other half, tap the wood with your mallet.
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All,
I know it is OT and Menning will chastise me, but here goes. I need a
repairman that replaces the head wire on old fans. By head wire I mean
the wire that runs from the base to the motor housing on old fans.
After 70 years or so, this wire starts to decay and if the fan is set
to oscillate, the wire will fray sooner. Replacing this wire requires
the motor housing to be opened up and therein lies the hitch. These
motor housings were machine-pressed together and it is a task beyond
my abilities to open them I have several fans that need this work
done. Does anyone have a repairman who is able to do this that they
can hook me up with? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
rgds,
Mark S.