HP97 Card Reader Motor Replacement?

[GanjaTron]

(05-01-2018 05:56 AM)Zaphod Wrote:  Photo's would be good

The four holes could be anything, even be the holes I was mentioning that hold the brushes apart on assembly.

Hi Zaphod,

here's a couple pix showing the four holes, which don't appear to be hex screws after all. They simply look like recesses in the rim of the gray plastic end cap. There's also a glued black plastic cover underneath the terminals which, when removed, reveals a spindle sandwiched between two flat contacts. I take it these are NOT the brushes, right? If they are, should I apply oil or contact cleaner to the exposed spindle? If not, how would I go about disassembling this thing further (i.e. removing the end cap)?

                   

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