Small mains electric motor repair - possible? DIY? repairers?

[cl]

We have a Bissell vacuum cleaner whose brush motor has failed. It's no longer available as a spare part but as it's a jolly good vacuum cleaner I'd like to fix it if I can.

The brush motor is separate from the main fan motor and is quite small as it only drives the rotating carpet brush. I'm pretty sure it has a shorted turn because it still runs but not as fast as it should and it gets very hot very quickly.

Are there any specialists out there who might be able to repair it at a reasonably sane price? Or, alternatively, what are my chances of fixing it myself? I am an electronics hobbyist so can solder OK etc. and have been known in the distant past to wind coils etc. ... or I suppose one might find it's a fairly generic motor and can be replaced with one that's not actually from Bissell but would do the job, how do I find one though?

All advice and ideas very welcome.

[John Rumm]

Look for a local motor rewind place... they are often surprisingly reasonable.

CPC do white goods replacement parts - they might be able to furnish you with something close. You need to phone them though since that part of their catalogue does not seem to be on the web.

[EricP]

As you have wound coils in the past, probably radio type ones, you would find the tasks of this sort extremely tedious rather than technically difficult.

Due to the difference in scale I would happily tackle a motor rewind rather than do a choke or such for electronics.

[The Natural Philosopher]

rewinding is perfectly possible but terminating to the commutator is less easy. Normally this is a spot weld.

If it simply us running hot a shorted turn us possible, but as often as not its brushes.

[harryagain]

The usual clue to shorted/open circuit turns is a lot of sparking at the brushes.