Lionel Ives armature rewinding

[d_train]

Any advice on how to accomplish this? I have an old Lionel-Ives 1661E that must have had a serious incident. The armature windings are "grounding out" to the armature stack and thus to the motor shaft. I rewound the motor and I still get the same problem, less resistance between the shaft and the windings (magnet wire) than through any winding. Is it safe to insulate between the iron armature and the winding wire?

 

[jim currie]

dont know about model moters buy worked in a shop that rewound motors and they put a layer of fish paper under windings to protect them.

 

[d_train]

what is fish paper?

 

[Fred_M]

Also, did you test the communtator for grounds before you rewound the motor? Fred

 

[jon-monon]

Carbon buildup between the plates where the brushes run on the commuter? That's a problem with the weak bachmann 44/70 tonner power truck (old type).

 

[jim currie]

inslating paper thin tough.

 

[d_train]

The commutator is fine, I checked it out. Infinite resistance from contact to contact and between each contact and the shaft. The problem is only in the windings. Where can I get insulating paper? Thanks!

 

[jim currie]

try radio shack if they don't have it use vinyl tape.

 

[cidchase]

http://www.minute-man.com/acatalog/Fyberoid_Fish_Paper.html

They have lots of other goodies to meet the $10 minimun