Resilient motor mounts

The motor on my myford 254 is rotating in it mounts the resilient mounts have given up. Any ideas where I can get replacements or a repair option. Not had any success searching the net.

Thanks

Olly

When I needeed to replace similar resilient mounts on a ML7 motor, I found a rubber supply house in Slough who made some replacements to fit.

Hi Olly,

Had a similar problem a while ago, and discovered that the end plates of the motors vary in size where the resilient mount fits, and some are actually round rather than Nonagon, 5-agon(!) or whatever.

I got a pair from Myford, at ridiculous price, long before they closed down, and discovered they wouldn't fit my motor. They had no more for sale at the time, and couldn't get m ore supplies.

I have got those, and a pair of circular ones, if you want to measure your end (it's quite legal) and count the flats I'll check if they will fit.

Otherwise, KWIL's solution is the best idea, and I know others who have done the same.

Phil

An alternative is to convert the motor to solid mount form by replacing the through studs with longer ones and making a new U shape frame to pick up on the through studs. This frame can be mounted to a suitable carrier via your choice of available mounts.

I tend to make my own using thick wall rubber tube (usually old style car heater hose) forced into appropriate size holes. For flat mounts 1/2 to 1 inch plywood with suitable excess material poking through so it compresses into a mushroom head between wood and mount aided by large washers on the other side is effective. Needs a good mushroom head so that things can't fall out. For hinge style mounts use metal tube made a little shorter than the rubber with suitable ears welded on. Pushing the rubber into anything much over 1 1/2 inches long becomes hard though. Small adjustments to pin diameter control the stiffness. Anything from heave hard to (almost) free moving without shake is possible.

Clive

Available in the States.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/DAYTON-Motor-Mounting-Rings-4UFA5

But I'll ask the rewinder supplier this afternoon if they are still available.