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Thanks John! I never doubted JPG, but your pic now confirms it.

Thank You for the vote, but I have yet to disassemble mine.

Another question about the motor.. or all electric motors in general I guess. I've never worked on one before this, and I doubt I've ever seen one run. So after some setback, at 5am today before work I was finally able to hit the switch and boy did she sound good. I didn't put the little plate on the back cover yet, so when I flipped the switch I saw a little "flash of lightning" inside the motor, best way to explain it cause it wasn't sparks, just a flash. I can imagine it's normal, but I just want to double check so that I don't end up setting something on fire.

I would hazard a guess that it was the start switch arcing(normal).

Sounds good to me! It's amazing what new bearings will do for something. It was turned on when I picked it up and sounded pretty rough. Now that it's got new bearings it's like a whole new motor. Just for some info, and no affiliation to the company, I used 6203-2rs ABEC3 bearings from usa bearings and belts (from ebay) per Bill Mayo's recommendation. Thanks Bill!

6205 in the motor????? Those belong in the spindle drive sleeve.

OH yea you're right! They're 6203-2rs. Thanks for the catch on that. Just went and changed it so there's no confusion.