Brevel Rotti Questions

[WeberKell11]

Has anyone had any experience on getting one of these moving again?  I just picked up a Brevel model 762 that was only humming when switched on. I opened it up and the gears are pretty gunked up.  I was able to slowly but surely get them all freed and now the motor moves them all but definitely not as smooth as I'd imagine.  Any idea if I can just clean these gears up a little and get this thing spinning properly?  Thanks in advance for everyone's help and wealth of knowledge.

Chris

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[Kneab]

Disassemble it and clean all of that funky old grease out of it and lubricate with some fresh lithium grease. It should work fine afterwards.

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[Cellar2ful]

Yep. Like Kneab said, that old grease thickens overtime and becomes sticky. It can really slow the motor down.  You have to clean it all with a cloths soaked in thinner or Goof Off.  Using a precision screwdriver (really small), you can wipe all the lube off of the gear teeth.  Once you get all the lube cleaned replace it with lithium grease as mentioned above.

[WeberKell11]

@Cellar2ful  @Kneab thanks so much.  I think this will bypass my other cleanups at the moment as I'm ansy to get something on the roti.

Thanks again fellas.

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[WeberKell11]

Cleaned up and reassembled just needs to be greased up and we'll get something spinning in no time!

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[Walchit]

I'm loving this!