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  • Longtooth

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    I have tumbled about 2,000 rounds of brass this past week and a half with a tumbler I got on Facebook marketplace. Last night it just stoped working and Im wondering if anyone knows how to fix these things.

    Experience and Advice needed.
     

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    Longtooth

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    I hope your wife gets better soon. ;) ;)

    She's been working like crazy and taking care of a 6 month old. Im the dishwasher around here. :p
    Thats why I want the machine fixed. lol
     

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    need to know a few things , so as to see what direction to go. have had to fix some to keep them going. Just my 5 cents don't try to fix thing by typing on a key board 850-572- 6611 jj
     

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    Yeah my best guess is the air-cooled electric motor overheated and it's not worth paying time and labor to put a new electric motor in it.
     

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    Yeah my best guess is the air-cooled electric motor overheated and it's not worth paying time and labor to put a new electric motor in it.
    I may have contributed to that by running it almost non stop.....
     

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    need to know a few things , so as to see what direction to go. have had to fix some to keep them going. Just my 5 cents don't try to fix thing by typing on a key board 850-572- 6611 jj

    Thanks for talking me through it. Ill finish tearing it apart after work today.
     

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    I had a similar problem with my Midway tumbler last summer after it cooled off , I used compressed air to blow out the motor and lubed the shaft. It started back and I've been using it ever since but I don't run it for more than an hour at a time with a cool down before starting again.
     

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    I had a similar problem with my Midway tumbler last summer after it cooled off , I used compressed air to blow out the motor and lubed the shaft. It started back and I've been using it ever since but I don't run it for more than an hour at a time with a cool down before starting again.
    Update, my tumbler has died and after the autopsy, the motor bearings are shot. I'm going to try and replace them and see what happens. The windings show good. I'll update when I find bearings.
     
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