When Putting a Flat on a Motor Shaft

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  • Bob Gato
    Captain

    • Feb 2019
    • 864

    When Putting a Flat on a Motor Shaft

    When I File, Grind or Cut a flat on a motor shaft I use some blue tape with the sticky side out and the motor shaft poked thru. This way when cutting, the filings don't get sucked into the workings by the magnets - then when your done the tape is folded over the shaft and all the filings are wiped off with the tape-

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  • He Who Shall Not Be Named
    Moderator

    • Aug 2008
    • 12949

    #2
    A similar 'chip-guard' employed to keep nasties out of the motor case:



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    • redboat219
      Admiral

      • Dec 2008
      • 3168

      #3
      A brief procedure to disassemble brushless motor for bearings and shaft replacement.
      Make it simple, make strong, make it work!

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      • ffr2608
        Commander

        • Oct 2009
        • 307

        #4
        i put the motor in a ziploc and poke the shaft out a corner. Airtight.... I do hate dremeling those flats on the motors.

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        • Bob Gato
          Captain

          • Feb 2019
          • 864

          #5
          The plastic bag trick is also pretty slick-
          I too hate Dremeling the flats-I find that a file is easier to produce a flatter flat-the shafts are not hardened and there is less chance of going too deep-Just my OCD!


          Oh, on this subject...I forgot to mention that I line the flat up with the setscrew for the motor bell or anything else needed to reference where the flat is to facilitate finding its position when assembling.

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