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Welp, like many before me, I foolishly took my motor apart without documenting it. Almost a year later I don't quite remember how to put it all back together!

I'm mainly lost on the order in which some components assemble onto the shaft of a Frankline GE 3/4 motor (I believe this was the early 1950s Shopsmith Mark V motor).

My best guess is shown below:

I have never seen the inside of that motor before.

However the sequence makes sense except for the following.

The third part from the left I do not understand it's purpose.

The washer second from right is ?

I believe the right most part is a sleeve that goes on the shaft to position the fan sheave.

I am assuming the square part with two screws is a bearing retainer.

Seeing the end caps may provide further clues.

P.S. is that two pix stitched?

JPG wrote:The third part from the left I do not understand it's purpose.

The washer second from right is ?

The washers are what I'm the most confused on, I'm convinced there was one on on the left somewhere...on the right side, not so sure.

JPG wrote:I believe the right most part is a sleeve that goes on the shaft to position the fan sheave.

I am assuming the square part with two screws is a bearing retainer.

I believe so, at least as best as I can remember! It seemed so from the end caps, too.

JPG wrote:Seeing the end caps may provide further clues.

I'll get a picture of those in ASAP.

JPG wrote:P.S. is that two pix stitched?

It is!

I haven't had a chance to go back to where I have my shopsmith stored but I realized one of the two pictures I stitched together had the rear end cap in it.

The front end cap (where the shaft comes out) was very similar to the AO smith motors, it had a recessed opening for the bearing and two screw holes for the bearing retainer. I'll follow up with a picture once I can make it out to snap one.

The shaft at the change in od shows wear that appears equal to the thickness of the washer, hence I think the sequence is correct for that end.

Going back to the first pix, a similar wear mark appears on that end. So retainer/washer/bearing/sleeve would be my guess.