Removing Gear Box from Dayton Gear Motor

[W. Watson]

I purchased a Dayton 5K942 gear motor. The motor had burned out--windings on
one side. A friend took one look at it, and said why did you get the gear
box? Well, I'm certainly not experienced with motor, so that's my answer. As
I understand it from Grainger, the price breakdown if $185 for the motor,
and $100 for the gear box. At this point, it doesn't make sense to return
it. However, it might make sense to take the gear box off in case the new
one fails sometime. It looks like about 7 screws hold it on, but there's a
coupler on the shaft that has no apparent way to remove it. Maybe there's
some sort of key shoved into the space between the shaft and the coupler.
I'm not even sure removing the 7 screws would do the trick.

Any suggestions on the above regarding prices, purchasing just the motor, or
how to get the gear box off?

Wayne T. Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA)
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[Rich Grise]

I purchased a Dayton 5K942 gear motor. The motor had burned out--windings on
one side. A friend took one look at it, and said why did you get the gear
box? Well, I'm certainly not experienced with motor, so that's my answer. As
I understand it from Grainger, the price breakdown if $185 for the motor,
and $100 for the gear box. At this point, it doesn't make sense to return
it. However, it might make sense to take the gear box off in case the new
one fails sometime. It looks like about 7 screws hold it on, but there's a
coupler on the shaft that has no apparent way to remove it. Maybe there's
some sort of key shoved into the space between the shaft and the coupler.
I'm not even sure removing the 7 screws would do the trick.

Any suggestions on the above regarding prices, purchasing just the motor, or
how to get the gear box off?

Maybe try or .

Good Luck!
Rich