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Old 09-13-2020, 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BRL40 View Post
Had my Ultravibe 18 for 40 years, run it almost every week and one day years ago it started making a horrible noise!

Turns out the armature bearing or something gave up the ghost and allowed that part to slip down, creating that awful noise!

Bent up a coat hanger and zip-tied it underneath to support the armature and now it may well live another 40 years!

I probably won't though.

The bearings are going out in mine too. I'll have to try something similar to quiet it a bit.

"Necessity is the mother of invention" so they say!
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