See Poor guy gave up for lack of information! Buy New! Corporations win out every time! Without proper Service info your "maze" only leads to make em richer! When I was a kid I repaired television sets. This was in the 60s and 70s they were "hybrids" tube and transistor together. And for $3 you could go to the local TV repair shop and get a "Sams Photofact" for any model of TV or radio, or console phonagraph made! Service made easy! But then ICs started and service was no longer viable. Toss it and buy another one. Only America does this to such an extent that it is frowned upon by most of the world. Why? How do we go from an orderly service library for every television made (And that is pre computer days!) being a thriving business to "GONE"? I know how. And the same thing is happening in the larger appliances but more slowly. There is no guess work involved. The fix is in, the game is rigged and America is dying economically due to a group of less than 1%. Think its over the top thinking? Well then just keep spending, and spending. Its the control of spending itself that makes them and breaks us. Thats a fact. My heart goes out to this guy.

But there are still some around, you have to get 2 pillow blocks and get shafted! But guess what? Bench grinders are 39.00! Deltas too! The trend has done wonders for the power tool world. I have so many good power tools now I need to rent storage for them! But...there is no reason to charge what they do for replacement motors for appliances. these big guysdo stuff like this because it adds up...to personal bonuses. how do you think they get to retire on the numbers they do? 20 - 30 million in severances? and the stockholders doing good too! Look at ink jet printer ink! Same crowbar...