Sole Motor (Zanussi w/m) - looking for replacement brushes

[gball]

Hopefully this doesn't sound like a parts enquiry (but I guess it is)

I've been scouring the internet for replacement carbon brushes for a certain model/motor - it appears some shops sell a generic 'zanussi/sole' replacement brush set, yet others have at least two different parts for sole motors (neither match up to my part number)

Could anyone recommend the right part for a Sole 20584.027 (400/1600rpm) motor - machine is a Zanussi WJS1397W

I can find a new motor (just under £100) but not the brushes for it!!

The motor incidentally is also described as:
APSW31-280095124049

Thanks, Gordon

 

[jj4091]

http://shop.ukwhitegoods.co.uk/Wash...t.htm?osCsid=9526a26b601be5e9473af76a8028955d or http://www.partmaster.co.uk/cgi-bin/home.pl or http://www.espares.co.uk/ or http://www.ukapplianceparts.com/laundry_models_search.asp

 

[gball]

Thanks. I'd actually tried those sites before posting, the problem was that none seem to work specifically for the particular motor. I think it's more that Sole change model numbers but don't directly manufacture the replacement brushes.

Anyway - after phoning around a few suppliers, one seemed convinced that a generic 'sole' brush set would work. (thanks for very quick response Dave at ukwhitegoods.co.uk - not advertising, just recommending them for their fast reply!)

Gordon

 

[rosiebud]

can you tell me please what brushes you eventually bought and did they work? I have same problem.

Thanks

 

[gball]

I ordered from ukwhitegoods.co.uk, which were a lot cheaper than some of the others. It was a bit tricky as the model number WJS1397W wasn't in the list of supported machines.

The part number was 50226588007 - which I guess is similar for a number of Sole motors. However that model apparently may have a different brand, so worth checking (mine was part no 20584.027 marked 400/1600rpm)

The brushes are mounted on 5mm hex nuts, but have locator lugs that position it correctly on the frame. The new ones also had smaller spade terminals, but the bag also contained a spade converter to make them larger.

Given the armature went and destroyed the brushes, I'd be really careful about checking the armature commutators aren't bent or loose in any way. I probably could have saved the motor if I'd looked more carefully before just changing the brushes.

As it is, I got a few weeks extra use by glueing back the commutator leaf that had sprung loose (but it worked free again, useful temporary repair though)

The original symptom was a clicking noise which I guess was the uneven copper leafs (rather than the brushes being worn down to the spring)