'Curly Q. Links' wrote:
> gmccx wrote:
>
>>[answering myself here I guess]
>>
>>I pulled the relay and got it open for a look at the contacts. They were
>>somewhat burned so I cleaned them up a bit, put the relay back and got
>>it to not start within minutes. With the switch on and the fan motor not
>>running I reached over and popped the bottom of the motor with my hand.
>>It started right up.
>>
>>So I pulled the blower and eventually got it apart enough to see the
>>commutator which had a few blacker than the others spots. I cleaned that
>>all up with a small wire brush/Dremel tool and put it all back together.
>>We'll see now what happens over some time, but I suspect that was it.
>>Just a dead-ish spot on that commutator.
>>
>>And BTW, I got the distinct feeling that Honda did _not_ mean for that
>>motor to be removed from the plastic housing for service. What a pain in
>>the arse.
>
>
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>
> The blower fan / motor on the Gen 1 Odyssey and the Gen 1 CR-V just fall
> out on the floor after you unplug them and remove three screws. That's
> good you found the 'dead' spot. I wonder about the Dremmel tool though.
> :-(
>

The blower assembly removed just like that - three screws. The PIA part
was getting the fan off the shaft and getting the motor out of the
plastic housing such that I could even See the brushes/commutator.

Dremmel tool... couldn't live without it. I used a small cup shaped wire
brush attachment (maybe 3/8" dia.) to clean off the contacts of the
commutator. Works pretty well for that because I don't really want to
remove a lot of metal but rather just get all the oxidized and
non-metallic stuff off there.