Ds electric motor has unidentifiable gunk on actuator

[Maine_Islander]

I’ve got a 2001 36v motor apart for cleaning. The actuator has two chunks of what looks like melted putty that dried. Can this be safely chipped off or is this something “normal” I can ignore? Thx in advance

[greg-g]

Originally Posted by Maine_Islander

I’ve got a 2001 36v motor apart for cleaning. The actuator has two chunks of what looks like melted putty that dried. Can this be safely chipped off or is this something “normal” I can ignore? Thx in advance

It is the Armature and it's probably just balancing epoxy never seen it in that one spot though

[Fairtax4me]

It’s epoxy for balancing. Leave it alone.

[sthreatt]

Originally Posted by Fairtax4me

It’s epoxy for balancing. Leave it alone.

Agree ! Seen it before. Looks like somebody found a convenient place to park his bubblegum for a minute and forgot about it, but it's there for a purpose. Don't try to remove it.

[Volt_Ampere]

Yup. Perfectly normal. Every motor will have some sort of balancing material like that.

[Maine_Islander]

Thanks all. Appreciate the insight!!