This is kinda silly but I have an old, burnt out dc motor with an offset weight that Id like to use on another dc motor.
Can I and is it relatively easy to remove that weight? How?
Hacksaw?
small bearing puller or arbor press?
Pictures would help a lot.
It's one like this:
Preview, then post! You have no image/link
Marciokoko:
It's one like this:
Looks to be just pressed on. Image is too small to tell. Guess the OP will have to experiment.
Paul
I tried just pulling it off with pliers but it didn't budge.
Marciokoko:
I tried just pulling it off with pliers but it didn't budge.
Since it probably was not put on with pliers, that is not surprising! You need more power, Scotty!
Paul
OK but I'm wondering about how it was put on. Are those held on by anything? If they are then whatever is holding it on might break. That's why I was asking if there is anything I can do to remove it or just brute force?
Well it will be force, but properly applied.
This is how I pull off press-fit pinions from the shaft of similar motors.
But I do not think this would fit around your weight.
Let me repeat, the tool for the job is a small bearing puller (or more likely) an arbor press. Without
suitable tools you won't manage it without irreperably damaging it.