{"id":23081,"date":"2017-12-08T08:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T13:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/?p=23081"},"modified":"2017-11-28T13:27:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T18:27:41","slug":"how-to-rupes-electric-motor-brush-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/how-to-rupes-electric-motor-brush-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"How To: Rupes Electric Motor Brush Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your car is clean and decontaminated, you plug in your Rupes, prime the pad, place it on your panel, hit the switch and&#8230;nothing. Let go, try again&#8230;nothing. Panic ensues, click, click, click&#8230;nothing! Oh no my trusty Rupes has failed me what do I do?<\/p>\n<p>If this has happened to you and for the people it will happen to in the future, this, my friend, is for you.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, a little dramatic? Maybe but this is a very real problem that there was not a ton of available info on when it happened to me. The electric motor brushes are a wear item that will fail at some point, and luckily very cheap and easy to replace. The therapy needed to get over this experience is a different story.<\/p>\n<p>First, remove the 4 Philips head screws by the lever handle.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4506\/37275626450_be84a0e3ee_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush 1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, remove the plastic covering to allow access to the brushes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4449\/37503057442_8685b45692_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush 2\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4503\/37503056062_8314fc2d99_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush 3\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is your brush, this is one on either side.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4504\/36824367014_d35853443f_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush 4\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pull the connector off, a pair of pliers will make quick work of this.<\/p>\n<p>Then simply lift the spring and the brush will slide right out.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a worn brush next to a new one, notice the dark area at the edge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4509\/36864856963_f53e1f521f_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush 6\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Grab your new brush and slide it back in, ensure the spring is making contact and plug the connector back in.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4462\/36824347984_97ef51257c_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush 5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Repeat for other side.<\/p>\n<p>Test for power and reassemble.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4485\/37534086801_24e4d52928_b.jpg\" alt=\"GlossAngeles Rupes Brush Video\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Breathe a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<p>If this does not work you may need to replace or repair your power cable. Simple cut off and splice in a new cable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How To: Rupes Electric Motor Brush Replacement by Ian Howard of GlossAngeles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":23230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,58],"tags":[1384,1944,1946,1945,1047],"class_list":{"0":"post-23081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffers","8":"category-tools-accessories-and-misc","9":"tag-glossangeles","10":"tag-motor-brush","11":"tag-no-power","12":"tag-not-starting","13":"tag-rupes"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/37503056062_8314fc2d99_b.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kPO7-60h","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23081"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23229,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23081\/revisions\/23229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.detailedimage.com\/Ask-a-Pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}