05 Flame Red TJ Build
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The knowledge is worth humbling yourself for.
I think the armature bolt and buss bar fit well. Pics below.
This better?
Make sure that buss bar does not touch the motor case or bad things could happen. The screw holes look to be lined up with the armature bolt though and that might be an issue. Can you rotate the brush plate so two round holes are 90 degrees to the armature bolt and everything still aligns?The knowledge is worth humbling yourself for.
I think the armature bolt and buss bar fit well. Pics below.
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This better?
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By motor case are you referring to the housing?
I set the two tabs where they were originally, which forces the screw holes to be lined up with the armature bolt. Speaking of those two screw holes, it didn’t even come with any screws in the holes. I need to get some. I suppose they screw into the two tabs through the motor housing. Making sense now. I don’t think I can rotate the buss bar to line up the screw holes in the housing with the tabs. The hard line determines where it can be.
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Ok, I see what you are saying now. I’ll have to change what terminal the armature bolt is is connected to. That will change the original orientation. The solid buss bar forces the brush plate to be in an orientation.
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@Blackjack. What are these holes for? There are two of them and no screws were in them when I got it.
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Ok, so those have to line up and the bus with armature bolt have to line up? I'm not sure I'll be able to get them to line up with the bus bar, especially if I have to move the bus bar to another terminal. I'll go out when I get off work and see what it all looks like. Let's hope!
DougyintheBushies
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EDIT: I went out and rotated the brush plate. There’s no orientation where I can line up the armature bolt and the two grounds for the brush plate. This is a pic of the other orientation.
Maybe a flexible armature like one linked to below soldered to the bolt?
https://flexiblecopperbusbar.com/product/flexible-copper-busbar
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Ok, here’s what we’re looking at.
The two long bolts have to be in this orientation to line up with the drum.
The armature bolt and bus won’t work in this orientation.
This is the offset between where the terminal is and the hole for the armature bolt. It’s about 1/4” offset.
Sorry for all the trouble. Can I cut the bus, reshape it, and drill a new hole in it to fit?
This is what I have from before.
The two long bolts have to be in this orientation to line up with the drum.
The armature bolt and bus won’t work in this orientation.
This is the offset between where the terminal is and the hole for the armature bolt. It’s about 1/4” offset.
Sorry for all the trouble. Can I cut the bus, reshape it, and drill a new hole in it to fit?
This is what I have from before.
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I think I know what is going on but I will have to dig through some more stuff tonight.
DougyintheBushies
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Sheez wrong 05 flame red TJ. Lol sorry
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Not to worry. Flame Red is my favorite color.
Nice paint job! You masked off parts that didn’t need to be painted. Shows dedication and excellence!