James Byerly Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Bought ceiling fan off Facebook marketplace the other day it has a date of 1988 . The blades barley turn . I took it apart , the bearings had plenty of oil on them. I just wanted to verify the washers and bearings are on correctly. It has a thick washer (looks like leather)on first followed by the bearing then thick rubber washer followed by metal washer then snap ring . I am enclosing picture. Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Adams Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Everything looks ok on the bearings. I have had this same issue with a 36" model of that time period. Current draw was OK & it didn't overheat, but ran about half speed. That was about the time Hunter had outsourced stators to China & stopped making their own. Even though the fan was better than anything else out there, it wasn't the same quality as the earlier Hunters. I also had a 52" antique brass Hunter of that era that did the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Byerly Posted August 16, 2022 Author Share Posted August 16, 2022 Thanks for the info Stan ! I ordered new bearing kit from design center in florida on eBay. It should be here Thursday . Hopefully that will remedy problem . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Robillard Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 I picked up 6 of the Hunter cast iron ceiling fans from a doctor that took them down from the outside porch around his house. He said they were working, but his wife didnt want them anymore. Anyway out of the 6 only 2 actually worked! And with those two, I had to change both capacitors in each. I tried the same with the other four, but they wouldn't work properly. I could spin them to start and they would only run on two speeds. I changed the pull chain switch and still no difference. Can anyone shed some light on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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