How To Remove Hobart Motor from older 1612,1712 Sl

First take off the back motor guard (two small screws) Second the four small nuts 11/32" must be removed and the motor bracket #4 removed their is the back bearing of the armature in the bracket it may be stuck just move it side to side until it loosens up if you have a white "v" start switch disconnect it from the capacitor Remove capacitor Now lets get the armature out you may have to take out the knife bearing unit that in-tails removing the blade and removing the four screws underneath the blade pull the bearing unit out While you have the knife bearing unit out see how much oil is in the cavity if their is oil touching the bottom of the gear when you pull out the armature you may want to put some paper towels in the whole were the armature comes out because that is is not friendly very thick and hard to clean up. also on the armature if you have a hard time pulling it out put two screwdrivers on opposite sides of the back bearing and give the screwdriver a little nudge it should come right have the towels read now for the hard part. you have four post sticking out they have four screws holding a retainer for the stator you need to remove the screws and take the clips out The stator may come out now just reach in to the back of the stator and see if it comes out that is if it was a perfect world page two on the removal is to put some heat on the four columns that the stator rest on usually at 3,6,9,and 12 o'clock and add a little liquid wrench type material. now again if that does not work let me know and I will try and go one more step I hope this helps Ed