Onan Parts - Matt Schurman

[Ernie Neal]

Jeff, I had an issue with mine, whereas it would not stay running and was the commutator dirty. I had to have another person start it while I cleaned it with this 7" long 1/2" wide .110" stick with a piece of scratch cloth taped to it. Once I had it shining for both brushes, worked fine. I did mine from the bottom side through flywheel vent slots.

Ernie Neal
SS 354

[Jeff Niceswanger]

Originally Posted by Ernie Neal

Jeff, I had an issue with mine, whereas it would not stay running and was the commutator dirty. I had to have another person start it while I cleaned it with this 7" long 1/2" wide .110" stick with a piece of scratch cloth taped to it. Once I had it shining for both brushes, worked fine. I did mine from the bottom side through flywheel vent slots.

Ernie Neal
SS 354

Thanks Ernie
I have one or 2 of those brushes in my tools at work .. If it ohms funky, Ill give that a try .. was you able to do that while it was still in the motorhome

[Rich Biebel]

Jeff there is no way to access the brushes on a 4KY Onan without disassembling it. Ernie is likely talking about an older Onan like a BGE. Completely different. 2000-2001 Onan redesigned all their RV generators. The older 4-6.5 models had easy access to the brushes and slip rings. The new style 4's do not have the same easy access.

[Ernie Neal]

Rich, you are correct, it is a 6.5 BGE.

Ernie