Lionel Ives armature rewinding

d_train

New Member
Any advice on how to accomplish this? I have an old Lionel-Ives 1661E that must have had a serious incident. The armature windings are "grounding out" to the armature stack and thus to the motor shaft. I rewound the motor and I still get the same problem, less resistance between the shaft and the windings (magnet wire) than through any winding. Is it safe to insulate between the iron armature and the winding wire?
 

jim currie

Active Member
dont know about model moters buy worked in a shop that rewound motors and they put a layer of fish paper under windings to protect them.
 
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Fred_M

Also, did you test the communtator for grounds before you rewound the motor? Fred
 

jon-monon

Active Member
Carbon buildup between the plates where the brushes run on the commuter? That's a problem with the weak bachmann 44/70 tonner power truck (old type).
 

d_train

New Member
The commutator is fine, I checked it out. Infinite resistance from contact to contact and between each contact and the shaft. The problem is only in the windings. Where can I get insulating paper? Thanks!
 
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