1946 Super V8 Hastings Generator

[dbstovall]

All:
I am currently looking at a no charge situation. As part of that, I removed the gen and am testing in the shop. The field shows 3 ohms to ground and the armature about 7 ohms. Hooking up to 6V it motors fine at about 500 to 600 rpm. The commutator looks good but I am going to replace the brushes and clean everything up. The rear bushing looks ok, no scuffing.


The current issue for me is that I noticed a lot of out of center rotations while motoring. I checked the movement: 30 thousandths up and down, 15 thousandths laterally. I popped the front plate off and there seems an inordinate amount of wobble, like the front bearing has self destructed. This is not normal, is it?


I tried to get the pulley off and no clip or nut. Is it pressed on? The brand name is Hastings and states it is a Replacement Generator. No model number. Hastings was a good company back in the day if this is the same one. I though I would see if anyone was familiar with this one before I destroy it trying to disassamble it.


Thanks, Dave