Replacing Maxon motor in a Teres Verus

I reached out to Chris, but thought I’d take it out to the hive mind. Part number looks the same, but “simple” part swaps like this never end up as simple as it seems. 

It’s started to make a clicking / grinding noise. I pulled the motor out of the housing, and confirmed it is the motor. Just want to confirm there’s nothing special / custom about the motor. 

BTW, I’ve marveled at your table for years. I have a solid acrylic platter w/ a Cocobolo base. I’d love to find a lead-loaded platter. 

Chris says the bearings may just need cleaning and lube, but will let me know if the motor actually needs to be replaced. I’m going to ship it back to him for a once-over. I’ll report back if he finds anything more serious / interesting. 

Well...to bring this to closure...my motor is going bad. Chris flushed out the bearings with fluorocarbon and gave it a good re-lube. He was able to reduce the noise quite a bit, but the motor was still too noisy. So, the motor is getting replaced.

He also discovered that the drive wheel was a bit loose on the motor shaft, so that's being replaced (and he's re-surfacing the o-ring). I'm going to take this opportunity to replace my cylindrical pod with the aluminum rectangular pod. I should be good-to-go for another 10 years. My table should be back up and spinning by the end of the week. Can't wait!