Leslie Wright on mon 23 nov 98
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Dear Sandy,
The old Shimpos are a good wheel and have excellent torque which is required
if you are throwing large items. I would expect that the noise you are
hearing is the bearing which probaly needs replacement. It's not that hard =
to
do and inexpensive and compared to the cost of a new wheel, I think, a
relatively good buy.
Yours
Les Wright
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Rick hugel on tue 24 nov 98
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Les is right. My wheel sounded like a bull elephant in a rage. The shimpo
repair guy came out and said it was the bearings, but made no effort to
repair or replace them, begging off that the company just didn't have
replace parts or replacement motors for my model anymore. He did replace
the gasket and belt though, for which I was greatfull. It took me several
weeks, lots of patience, dozens of phones calls, but in the end I found a
place that said they would look at the motor and see if they could do
something about it. They did and in jimminey quick time(overnight) too.
Good luck
Rick
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=3EDear Sandy,
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=3EThe old Shimpos are a good wheel and have excellent torque which is =
required
=3Eif you are throwing large items. I would expect that the noise you are
=3Ehearing is the bearing which probaly needs replacement. It's not that =
hard to
=3Edo and inexpensive and compared to the cost of a new wheel, I think, a
=3Erelatively good buy.
=3E
=3EYours
=3E
=3ELes Wright
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Craig Fulladosa on thu 26 nov 98
I just acquired an old school Shimpo- about 25 years old. I would like to find
your source for bearings and also get a splash pan for it. Let me know, thanks.
Craig
theClayman
http://home.earthlink.net/~craigfull/
Rick hugel wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> ------------------
> Les is right. My wheel sounded like a bull elephant in a rage. The shimpo
> repair guy came out and said it was the bearings, but made no effort to
> repair or replace them, begging off that the company just didn't have
> replace parts or replacement motors for my model anymore. He did replace
> the gasket and belt though, for which I was greatfull. It took me several
> weeks, lots of patience, dozens of phones calls, but in the end I found a
> place that said they would look at the motor and see if they could do
> something about it. They did and in jimminey quick time(overnight) too.
>
> Good luck
> Rick
>
> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> >------------------
> >Dear Sandy,
> >
> >The old Shimpos are a good wheel and have excellent torque which is required
> >if you are throwing large items. I would expect that the noise you are
> >hearing is the bearing which probaly needs replacement. It's not that hard to
> >do and inexpensive and compared to the cost of a new wheel, I think, a
> >relatively good buy.
> >
> >Yours
> >
> >Les Wright
> >
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Rick hugel on fri 27 nov 98
Craig,
What can I say! I live in Japan on the outskirts of Tokyo. Where are you?
Actually, I don't think it makes any difference where you get the bearings.
You may have to do what I ended up doing. There should be a tag attached
to the motor of your shimpo giving the name of the motor maker, date and
other info about the motor. I called the maker, explained my problem and
that started the ball rolling. They couldn't help me, but gave me a clue
where to go next and so on and so forth through different outfits. In the
end I was pleading/begging/grovelling before one of them put me in contact
with a small outfit that specialized in repairing motors for and selling
various kinds of compressors. I took a magazine picture(an olllllddd one)
of the wheel I have, explained my problem and was told to bring in the
motor since the guy was sure he could fix it. The hard part was then
getting the motor out of the darn thing. I color coded the wires before I
cut them then wrestled with the nuts and bolts to get it off the frame it
was setting on. At first I tried to disconnect the whole fame but soon
found out that it was impossible(shows how much I know!). And as I said,
the guy fixed it over night, so the bearings themselves are no great
speciality - a good auto repair outfit might be able to do the job. The
motor itself isn't a proprietary make, it's just that on a machine that old
the motor is larger than what they make now-a-days, so a new one won't fit
on the motor mounts. I found this out through the many phone calls I made.
It was repair/rebuild the motor, somehow or other move the motor mounts for
a new one(nearly impossible, I was told), or trash the whole thing.
Believe me it was quite an experience getting it fixed, but well worth it -
to me. My wheel is cast iron with a seat built in and it takes at least
three people to carry it around and it was built back in 1973 and I have
owned it for about 15 years. Did you see my note about making your own
splash pan. Here it is again. Maybe it will be helpful.
My Shimpo was made back in the early 70's. Bought it second hand and
without a splash pan about 20 years ago. I made one. Found a rubber car
mat with a rim around 3 sides, cut a hole in it to fit around the the axel
housing, then took a large round plastic garbage bucket and cut off the
bottom part so when resting inside the mat it would be just the right
height to contain the flying water and clay as it came off the wheel.
Since the forth side of the car mat had no rim I bent it to form a kind of
funnel sewn/held together with wire/fishing line. This part stuck out past
the end of the body of the wheel. I keep a bucket under it and when the
bucket is filled - which isn't very often - I empty it. Part of the home
made splash pan idea came from Ceramics Monthly - way back when....
If you ARE in the Tokyo area, I CAN give you the address and phone number
of the outfit here. Either way, good luck,
Rick
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>I just acquired an old school Shimpo- about 25 years old. I would like to find
>your source for bearings and also get a splash pan for it. Let me know, thanks.
>Craig
>theClayman
>http://home.earthlink.net/~craigfull/
>
>Rick hugel wrote:
>
>> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> ------------------
>> Les is right. My wheel sounded like a bull elephant in a rage. The shimpo
>> repair guy came out and said it was the bearings, but made no effort to
>> repair or replace them, begging off that the company just didn't have
>> replace parts or replacement motors for my model anymore. He did replace
>> the gasket and belt though, for which I was greatfull. It took me several
>> weeks, lots of patience, dozens of phones calls, but in the end I found a
>> place that said they would look at the motor and see if they could do
>> something about it. They did and in jimminey quick time(overnight) too.
>>
>> Good luck
>> Rick
>>
>> >----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>> >------------------
>> >Dear Sandy,
>> >
>> >The old Shimpos are a good wheel and have excellent torque which is required
>> >if you are throwing large items. I would expect that the noise you are
>> >hearing is the bearing which probaly needs replacement. It's not that hard
>>to
>> >do and inexpensive and compared to the cost of a new wheel, I think, a
>> >relatively good buy.
>> >
>> >Yours
>> >
>> >Les Wright
>> >
>> >________________________
>> 5F
>> >5F_______________________
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