Originally Posted by
jlhmnj
Thanks Janis,
What I pay for in shipping, I figure I save in gas. I always appreciate when sellers start the bidding low and take a chance, I sorta feel bad for them since they got burnt and probably not happy about packing an SM for 99 cents and actual shipping cost ($14 usps pp). Crossing my fingers it arrives in good shape.
3 options on the brush cap:
1--Keep the tape on if it doesn't bother you
2--Carefully crazy glue the cap on being careful not to glue to motor by using pin or something small to apply
3--Assuming cap is plastic and you can get the proper sized replacement, remove the broken thread. Drill thru cap which is only solid for a 1/4" or so. Square hollow after a 1/4". Idea is to wedge a flat screwdriver in this hollow area and unscrew. If you remove the good cap you'll see this square hollow area.
Good Luck
Jon
Jon, the cap is plastic. I have the top of the cap and it has just a couple of rounds of thread on it. The rest of the cap is screwed in flush with the metal square around the spring. I have not tried to move the spring, but have used the edge of a screwdriver on the plastic part of the cap to see if I can get it to move, and I can't. I could try a heavy needle to see if it will budge it at all. I'm thinking that the best thing to do is to either leave it taped, which is temporary at best, or glue the cap down on the thing. I'd be very careful about the glue if I did that as I know I don't want it to get into the spring area.
You aren't talking about putting the screwdriver in the square metal part around the spring, are you? The metal isn't part of the plastic screw, is it? I figured it was part of the motor unit.