Motor shaft wear [Serious]

[fessyfoo]

@MysticalDork

I personally like the SK8, because it has a skirt bearing to prevent the can from being cantilevered. Having the can supported on only one side has resulted in quite a few motor failures, many of which have been 6374s due to the increased can length and mass.

@fessyfoo

So, this last one may be slightly different. I’m having a hard time seeing where any magnets were rubbing. so much that I think they aren’t. and that makes some sense because the bell of this thing has it’s own bearing to ride on:

I do think the skirt bearings is protecting this situation from being major motor damage and keeping it down to annoying rattled vibration noises of the shaft against the bearing or the can against the bearing.