You are only going through at best 16-gage soft metal and the shaving follows the flute of the drill bit to the outside. I've done this probably a dozen times in my life with no negative side effects. You may have a situation where the bushing is so worn that no amount of lubrication will help
At 10:26 AM 8/16/2006 -0700, Jay Williams wrote: >Larry, You'd better add a solution to the very real problem of removing the >metal shaards from drilling that hole. Those will chew up the bearing >nicely. >Jay >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Larry Stansifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 10:09 AM >Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Fan maintenance > > > > OK guys, > > Here comes an old farm-boy shade-tree trick. > > It has worked well on the squirrel cage fan in my furnace now for about >two > > years. > > If you can get to the rear of the motor you will feel a small raised > > circular portion of the motor's back cover. This houses the rear shaft > > bushing. Drill a 1/8 whole in the center of this raised area and squirt a > > very small amount of lubricant into the whole, preferably a light Greece. > > This lubricant will have a tendency to attract dust so > > please-please-please seal the whole with a dab of silicone. > > Observe the obvious precautions > > *make certain the power to the motor is turned off.* > > * if you are concerned about drilling to deeply put a wrap of tape of > > string or something around your bit. I like to use a small length of >vacuum > > hose exposing approximately1/8 2 1/4 inch of drill bit. > > > > At 11:47 AM 8/16/2006 -0400, Dan Rossi wrote: > > > > >Just out of curiosity, can Max or Tom shed a bit more light on the fan > > >subject? I wonder if it is not something electronic and not just > > >mechanical, such as burned out coils on the transformer or something like > > >that. > > > > > >I also had a big box fan that I ran every night for white noise. I ran >it > > >on medium speed for years. After a long time, if I turned the fan on > > >medium it would not start turning. I could possibly feel a bit of > > >vibration like it might sort of been trying to turn, but it just wouldn't > > >get started. However, if I turned it on low or high, it worked just >fine. > > >If I turned it on high, let it get started, then turned it to medium, > > >sometimes it would stay going, but more often than not it would just slow > > >to a stop. > > > > > >Later. > > > > > >-- > > >Blue skies. > > >Dan Rossi > > >Carnegie Mellon University. > > >E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Tel: (412) 268-9081 > > > > > > > > >To listen to the show archives go to link > > > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > > >or > > >ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > > >The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > >http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > > >The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > > >http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > > > >Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > > >Various List Members At The Following Address: > > >http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > >Visit the new archives page at the following address > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > >For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > >list just send a blank message to: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Yahoo! 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