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Old 02-06-2008, 06:45 PM   #70 (permalink)
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That's right WaxyChicken,

I am still trying to get that other motor out. It looks like the large pump motor is larger, but the drive motor has 4 power terminals on it.

It would make sense that the pump only has to spin one way but the drive needs to electrically switch from forwards to reverse.

That way, the forklift doesn't need a transmission. It just uses contactors that change the polarity to the drive motor.

Here is the drive motor:


Notice the octopus of cables above it, including 4 cables going to the motor.
I would imagine that when I open it up, the brushes should be at a right angle to the commutator, so that it runs equally well in forward or reverse.

I have a real old golf cart motor in the garage, that had 4 power connectors on it. I know that just spun the motor backwards to go in reverse. In the golf cart, there was a fwd/nuetral/rev lever. You can see the four power leads to the motor in the below photo, but you can't see the forward/rev lever too well.
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