Fix your Sankyo Intermatic Clock Motor (The Cheap Way)

[@raycoon4908]

Good idea, but I tried a few recommended, tn111 and d111 timers and they didn't fit.Hole was too small, so I used a bead reamer and managed to get the hole larger to fit the pin in a Sankyo 551- added clock oil and now works. Thanks.

[@brunoshow124]

So I usually reuse the old magnetic rotor since the older ones had a brass bushing, I just replace the little soft plastic pinion. Some of the 60s and early 70s models of these motors have a brass drive pinion, which is very nice. Only problem with those is they run a bit loud, thats why they started using the soft plastic ones instead. There is a lot of these WG series motors out there, they all use pretty much the same parts. I've never seen the larger gear fail before. It's a great design motor, that's why it's been in production since I believe 1967.

[@Evan420]

Just tried this on a Panasonic RC-6304 with a TN311K timer from home depot, it worked but I had to sand a little bit off the bottom of the stator because it was raised too high and also wiggle out the rod that holds the old black gear in place and glue in the one from the timer, it keeps time but it jams up rarely and makes some racket when the switchover occurs sometimes but it works for now! It seems to get better as it breaks in but we’ll see

[@bonzaifpv3015]

Awesome , yeah sometimes you need to drill or sand but I've had some luck with at least 3 different sankyo mechanisms. Also some other brand timers have small gears in them that may work as well 😉

[@vincesanjuan]

what other brands?

[@thefastandthefurious1]

Thanks for the video. Do you think a TN111K would work?