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Lee flour mill motor lubrication

Personwithhat's picture
Personwithhat

Lee flour mill motor lubrication

I think there's an allen screw I can unscrew to put a light oil in on my S600.

Motor is a bit scratchy, I don't think it's the carbon bushings, probably bearings?

What kind of lubricant can I use? I have a light starrett mineral oil I can probably put in safely.

Assuming that is how you lubricate the motor. Has anyone does this on any of their lee flour mills?

Or taken one apart enough to know if it's possible :)

 

 

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barryvabeach

If one of the balls in the  bearings is scored or galled, then oiling may make it sound better, though not for too long.  I have not watched this entire video, but I have watched some of his other videos, and he knows his stuff.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9TAttJwEFI   Another option, if you have a source of vacuum, like a  vacuum sealer with the attachment for mason jars , is to remove the bearing, submerge it in a glass jar with oil, then pull a vacuum, then release the vacuum, and it will get the oil past any seals.  This poster uses grease and a similar setup  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrovQFbMcnc  ( you can skip past the first minute of the video )  If you think there is grit in the bearing race, you can try soaking it in mineral oil, then put it in a container, pull a vaccum and release the vac, then take it out and try spinning it to get the remaining mineral spirits out ,  and repeat a few times before doing the oil in a vac trick.    On my Lee, i ended up pulling the bearing and replacing it with one off a donor.  

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Personwithhat

Welp, was hoping I wouldn't have to fully disassemble the motor to do this. 

I guess I can play around with the S500 I have that's a bit more broken, try to take it apart and see how to lube there.