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date    = "2023-08-25T22:53:04+00:00"
lastmod = "2023-08-25T22:53:04+00:00"
tags    = [ "musings" ]
author  = "tdro"
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A lot of clothes dryers/tumblers have cheap
[threaded blower wheels](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51imd4aUkCL.jpg)
that screw onto
[a motor shaft](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSbS29L-o3WScKUYnyGxflslane3GJ_cSWLej8wZROTIXYfut86XtCUTcSMQt5LQjW-Z_E&usqp=CAU).
Often, the wheel's threads are stripped from constant thermal expansion. When
hot enough (it's delayed), there'll be a loud noise of metal spinning inside
metal. The motor could be dying too (running hotter than normal) since it has
the stronger threads.

One temporary fix involves wrapping
[copper wire](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Stranded_lamp_wire.jpg)
around the motor's threads for friction... at least while trying to think of a
more "permanent solution" that does not involve buying/hoarding perfectly shaped
blower wheels indefinitely.