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Re: Sleeve on Fisher Price
It is a flux yoke (as Joe Johnson calls it), and provides an additional magnetic path between the field poles. It should not be removed unless you want to reduce the torque of the motor. Like the fan blades you broke earlier, it wouldn't be there if it weren't important.
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Last edited by ahecht : 06-02-2005 at 02:04.
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