what is part name for the saturated "cotton" material packed into the sealed bushing/bearing? or what is the material, felt?, if so i can just buy some felt and cut to size. tia.

@@lgalina997 I see people said wick felt would work. Or even cotton.

Those condenser fans can be a problem. You do what needs to be done and it looks like you did. GFM

What you should do is tear out the bushings and put in a standard deep groove ball bearing and make it work.

@@calholli ball bearing are noisy and these motors has no room for ball bearings.

You can use felt. I have one that has lasted 3 decades. GFM

@@grayfurnaceman Thanks, i will try to find some felt. Apparently, there's some stuff called Permwick that looks interesting. Moleskin might work; my mom used a layer of it on the bottom of knicknacks to protect the coffee table and fireplace mantle in the livingroom. Nevermind...scratch the above. I stole some moleskin from a lamp bottom, cut in strips, and stuffed into the oil well around the bushings, soaked in oil, and all is reassembled and ready for reinstallation tomorrow. Found a forgotten papertowel in the turbin which was causing noisy imbalance. Should be quiet now. We'll see.

Those are for different diameter mounts. If yours fit the mount, throw the extras away. GFM

With the bolts out, there is usually a notch on the circumference that will allow a screwdriver to be placed in to pry it off. No notch, screwdriver and small hammer will knock if off. GFM

@@grayfurnaceman Thanks. I tried prying, but it wouldn't give. I ended up sticking mine inside a 3" tube with the flange ears sticking out over the ends of the tube, then smacking the motor output shaft. Probably not the best idea, but it got the job done and it worked again when I put it back together.

I used a chisel and hammer on the circumference of those end caps to knock them off

William Warner You might try a motor rewinder. GFM

You can press out the bushing and install a new one. GFM

Mostly if the motor seized the shaft will be scored. Replace the motor. GFM

Definitely worth a shot. If you can do it without destroying the it, the motor will probably outlast every other part of the furnace.

Sleeve bearings are more tolerant of contaminates than ball bearings. Not saying they are best. GFM

how can you put sealed bearings in a friction bearing motor I have one that needs bearings any ideas thanx or ball bearings thanx dollar guy

My original GE Fan motor lasted 25 years, probably with no maintenance, before the bushing seized. That's not a bad run.

@@ArtHeld You got a winner, probably because the manufacturer cared enough to put actual oil packing material in your motor's sleeve bearings. Properly oiled sleeve/bushing will run forever. Modern throw-away garbage is what we get today though; you get what the oil-lite bushing can hold and that's it.

+solarsynapse I don't know on the permawick. The oil I used in the service calls I did was a turbine oil. Usually available in hardware stores. In a pinch any oil is better than no oil. Hope this helps. GFM

I was wondering the exact same thing..do you guys know another name for the felt (Permawick)(GOO)? I can't really find it and I'm terrible at explaining things so people always end up looking at me funny...but if y'all can help that would be awesome much thanks

That is me too!

@@grayfurnaceman can u name a couple of oil brands please? Thanks

@@tarzansingh8436 What I always use is "Zoomspout oiler", Available at most hardware stores. GFM

They can be but finding replacements would be tough. GFM

If you mean the material surrounding the bearing, its an artificial felt. Made to hold oil in position. GFM

I use what is called "Zoom Spout" oiler. GFM

I would need more info to be sure, but it sounds like a blower assembly failure. GFM

Wow. I didn't know you could get them separately. GFM

From a motor shop that repaired motors, but now they only do the big motors and throw these away that was 25 years ago

Great videos like to see things I did when I was in hvac business

Most of these motors are now equipped with ball bearings and thus have no oilers. GFM

@@grayfurnaceman ball bearings are noisy after a while, not good for neighbors.

@@charger440 The only noisy ball bearings are defective ones. GFM

@@grayfurnaceman try this and you’ll understand: take a single ball from a new bearing, put it on a surface of your choice and let that ball roll on it and, tell me what you ear!

This is not an example of planned obsolences as you can easily service the item and the lifecycle of the product is on a substantial timeline.