I started reassembling the turret drive. Filled the gearbox with grease which is what i think is what I took out however what I took out seemed to have broken down. The gasket for the top of the gearbox was damaged when I removed it and I had to make one. I guess making your own gaskets is a lost art these days. I had to go to 3 auto parts stores before I found a mixed pack of gasket material. The first store didn't even know you could make your own gaskets! The second one had 1 kind of gasket paper for making your own water pump gasket. The last one, the guy wanted to know what it was for so he could look up the part number. I told him it was machine gun turret drive cover gasket for a Humvee. That pretty much put an end to the questions. He then took me out back to show me the gasket material. It was high up on a stock shelf and he handed me everything but the mixed pack. Then he said and we have this too. I was dumb founded by the whole experience.
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Then I proceeded to make a new gasket. As a kid/young adult I think I bought a mix pack of gasket material every other weekend to make some sort of gasket.
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After the top was sealed I started fitting the motor parts. The new body fit perfectly and the magnets are in the correct place. You can tell if the magnets are in the correct location because the armature will come to a rest in the magnetic field and if the ends and bearings line up it is correct. If you have to force the armature in either direction to fit an end cap then the magnets are not in the correct location.
I cleaned the brushes and brush holders and it all looks good. I do need to extend the power cable so I wasn't able to finish assembly today.
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