Has anyone ever retrofit another type of motor on a model 149.236321 craftsman joiner/planer? Motor lost bearing and no longer available. Willing to reposition motor external to base, but looking for suggestions. Old motor had a P/N of NL73523.
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Hi Tony. Welcome to our little corner of the 'net.
Just curious, where have you checked for bearings? If you've only checked with Sears, they have a reputation for not having parts stock for older machines. If there is an electric motor repair shop near you, I would check with them. Bearings are pretty standard items and chances are good they can cross reference for you and find one.
Barring that, you could check here:Old Woodworking Machines. Perhaps someone there can point you in the right direction.
Hi Tony. Welcome to our little corner of the 'net.
Just curious, where have you checked for bearings? If you've only checked with Sears, they have a reputation for not having parts stock for older machines. If there is an electric motor repair shop near you, I would check with them. Bearings are pretty standard items and chances are good they can cross reference for you and find one.
Barring that, you could check here:Old Woodworking Machines. Perhaps someone there can point you in the right direction.
I agree with Brian and Gary that you can replace the bearings yourself. Google local motor bearings and you will find one close by that can replace the bearings for around $20. and you can put them in yourself. I have done this several times,once with a Craftsman table saw motor. Sure beats several hundred for a new motor.
Thanks for all of the responses...since posting, I have added to my own troubles. While pulling the "toothed" pulley off the shaft, I broke the plastic motor housing around the bearing...my bad. I will certainly look at some of the motor suppliers suggested, but the motor is pretty unique in that it is a 7/8 hp "super small" unit that fits inside the planer/joiner. I think I can add an external motor under unit and make it work. I will post pictures of the retro-fit if I get it to work. Again, thanks for all the suggestions and posts.
Thanks for all of the responses...since posting, I have added to my own troubles. While pulling the "toothed" pulley off the shaft, I broke the plastic motor housing around the bearing...my bad. I will certainly look at some of the motor suppliers suggested, but the motor is pretty unique in that it is a 7/8 hp "super small" unit that fits inside the planer/joiner. I think I can add an external motor under unit and make it work. I will post pictures of the retro-fit if I get it to work. Again, thanks for all the suggestions and posts.
This is in response to an old post, but did you ever retrofit your planer with a different motor? I did the exact same thing while pulling the bearings, cracked the front bearing housing, in fact, it broke off. You can send a response direct to my email, fastlilpig@netzero.com. and thanks for any info.
Well since this thread shows pretty prominently when doing a search I thought I would add to it. I was able to replace the bearing in this motor its a 802Z bearing double shielded. The hardest part of this is tapping the bearing out without cracking the plastic housing. Theres a metal retaining clip that basically is not meant to come out. I was able to position the housing in the vice and gently tab the shaft and it did pop out. The other challenge is getting the bearing off the shaft. I dont have tool to pull bearings but I doubt it would make a difference as the impeller is stacked up right next to the bearing. I used a cutting wheel and when I got close to the surface of the shaft hit the inner race to crack it. Then twisted it off it did muck up the shaft a little but not too bad.
Putting the bearing on was pretty standard freeze the motor part and heat the bearing. You can see the block of wood I used in the pictures to pound it on with. Theres a retainer clip behind the bearing DONT forget it. I did and had to cut off the bearing again!! To put back together the retainer clip needs to be pressed into the housing but the impeller is blocking it except for a tiny bit. I used a small nailset and just kept tapping it at each gap left by the impeller it was a pain but doable. I used a block of wood with a 3/8 hope in it support the housing so you dont crack it tapping it. After that its pretty simple to put back together.
G'day @moey, welcome to the forum.
Thanks for posting your solution to that issue.
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