I looked up this grease and read through their literature; it says nothing about this grease not drying out. there is no way I would use this grease or any other grease on these type of bearings because grease will dry out like the video says. I would stick with using only a light oil as shown in the video.

Grease on sleeve bearings is a bad idea

I'm not sure if you can. You might need to replace the whole blower assembly, but again, I'm not certain.

I've never heard of "Fluid Film" but you can use any light oil, like the 3 in 1 in the red bottle (but the blue bottle is better from what I understand). Putting a drop of 3 in 1 on the shaft is certainly better than nothing, but you cannot get enough oil by only doing this: you absolutely need to remove the motor and re-oil the sleeve bearings as I showed in the video. It's not that hard. Now, the video I linked to in order to remove the motor is no longer up so you will have to search around and find another video on how to remove it. As far as the AC continuing to run for a few seconds after you turn it off sounds like an entirely different problem than what my video addressed, but I'm sure there is a video on that as well...you just need to search KZfaq.

@@productandequipmentreviews7386 thank you for the reply 😁

@@winnerscreed6767 You're welcome! Best of luck with your project. I finally put in a mini-split in my RV and I have to tell you it has made all the difference! It was a TON of work to do but worth every dollar and nanosecond of time I put into it. I did not remove my Coleman Mach unit but will leave it up there in case my mini split goes on the blink and I will have the old unit as a backup.

Thanks for the encouraging comment and I'm glad I could help!

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for pointing out that link is now dead. That's too bad because it was a decent video on how to remove the motor and is why I did not include any video of how I took it out because someone else had already done that.

Where did you get that ball bearing motor from?

I agree with you 100%. Some interesting news: Coleman is now making these motors out of ball bearings. A company called "Emotorpro" is a distributor. This would be a game changer. The problem is, they are selling this motor for over $300. The part # is 1468-3489.

Paul, that is great! Friend, your comment is gold, and one that I have been waiting for someone to post. I thought this would be the way to go to fix these motors that failed on me, but could never figure out how to replace it with ball bearings; I have no home machine shop like you have to be able to do this. Can you explain in more detail exactly how you did this? Can you list the parts you used and where you purchased them, like the ball bearings?

@@productandequipmentreviews7386 Sizing the bearings is easy, with a caliper - if the size seems 'odd', like a number that cannot be expressed in 1/16 or 1/32 increments, then the shaft is probably metric. That is the ID needed, the OD is not too important, as is the thickness. I machined the bearing holders from aluminum bar on my 6" lathe to the size of the original bearing location and of course, to the size of the new one. There are lots of sources for bearings, but the one I used most is McMasterCarr supply.

@@paulmoffat9306Thanks, Paul. What you did is so great that I would like to make a video of it. Could you contact me so I can get more information from you? My email is: [email protected] Refitting those sleeve bearings with ball bearings is simply fantastic, and I believe many people would be interested in knowing exactly how you did the replacement. Did you happen to take any pictures or video of the project? And do you think there could be a way to replace the sleeve bearings with the ball bearings without having to use your lathe?

If you have to replace the motor, you can find them on Amazon, and have them shipped to you, which is what I did. They keep going up in price, and the last time I bought one of these motors, they were about $110 or so. I'm sure they've gone up in price since.

@@productandequipmentreviews7386 alright thanks for letting me know

That is a great story! Have you considered making a video about this? In fact, I have TWO of these fans sitting around that died on me like so many others of the ones you just described. But your results makes sense considering what I went through With my RV motor. Thanks for the reply!

Home Depot.

Glad it was helpful!

That is a great question, and I thought of that myself, but determined that it was better to remove the motor from out of the AC unit and then disassemble the motor and then re-oil the bearings as you saw in the video. But you know the old saying: "there is more than one way to skin a cat," and perhaps your idea would work. But here's the issue: let's say you could reach one of the bearings by drilling a hole in the housing of the motor and then dripping some oil into it; that might be possible. But the problem is the other bearing that you have to reach, the one that is inside the AC itself; how would you reach that one? This is why I think you need to remove the motor from the AC unit, disassemble the motor itself, and then re-oil the bearings like shown in the video. If you go slow and are patient, it is not that difficult of a job to do.

@@productandequipmentreviews7386 Thank you for responding and great feedback. My AC hasn’t given me issues yet, but I always like to be ahead of some things.

I am sure the people who had all that stuff you see stolen from them care. In that neighborhood where that homeless camp was, there are many mobile homes and trailers; I bet some of those propane tanks you saw were stolen from those mobile homes, where the elderly and poor people often live in. I bet they care because now they can't heat their homes or cook their food because these criminals stole it from them. Yes, I bet they care an awful lot…

Did you get the squealing stopped?

@@adobemastr it broke down completely before I could , so I just replaced the motor sadly. But your tip was helpful

If someone could figure that out, that would be a game changer! And if you happen to be the one to figure this out, could you let us know with another comment on how you did it? Even better, make a video of it because many people would be helped by that. Thanks for the comment.

@@productandequipmentreviews7386 might could take torn apart motor to a bearing store. would be my only guess. May try with mine. Going to replace one and repair one for a spare. Will let you know the outcome

@@markteel8346 Mark, I did a little research prior to your comment; a Japanese company used to make these motors for RVs with sealed ball bearings in them. They were more expensive, but I certainly would've purchased one of them because I believe they had the oil ports also in them. Unfortunately, these motors are no longer made by this particular motor manufacturer in Japan. I don't see why if you took your existing motor to a bearing shop and they remove the end caps, why they could not press or insert or in someway replace those cheap sleeve bearings with a ball bearing. Again, your comment is so interesting and I hope you explore this idea and let me know. Thanks again.

Someone just posted a new comment where they did exactly what you asked about: they replaced the sleeve bearings with ball bearings. He has a home machine shop and was able to do the work himself.

@@productandequipmentreviews7386 Did he post a video?