C W Burfle posted:It looks like you have just enough wire left sticking out to splice on a new piece if you have the tools.
By the way, this sort of field coil wire break is very common.
For this reason, I almost always unsolder the field coil wires when removing a brush plate, or what ever they are attached to avoid flexing them excessively.
Ha! I looked more closely at the picture now and there is indeed the slightest bit more wire than I originally thought - it seems to be moving around a bit when I handle it. Not enough to hook onto (the picture is a bit deceiving) - but perhaps 1/2 of a mm. I little tinkering reminded me that the field is a conductor - so I'm thinking that perhaps I could just solder that little bit of wire onto the core that's beneath it and all should be good. Has anyone else done this?
The bummer is that I was in the process of adding some quick disconnect plugs to make it easier to remove the motor for oiling and the like when I went and broke it - I was just one bend of the wire too late. I think going forward, to your last point, I'm going to heat shrink and then physically attach the windings on these little motors to the sides of the motor so they don't have to flex ever again.
