Armature was then tested for continuity and the commutator polished up with 800 grade wet and dry.
Re-assembly is a definitely three handed job, one to inset the armature into the brush end cap and two electrical screwdrivers to hold back the brushes until they are engaged on the commutator (after the end cap bearing had a small dollop of HMP grease and the ball race and seal at the pinion end was similarly treated.
There are registers on the pinion end cap and the armature case which line up. oddly the registers on the brush end cap cannot line up with the other two registers which took me about 15 minutes to work out . In the end there is only one way it can go back together. If I ever strip one again I will paint registers on both end caps and the armature case before I strip it.
Body was re-sprayed with PJ1 whilst it was stripped.
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