Power top motor

Update:
We installed the 41 Ford motor onto the Lincoln transmission with some modifications. We installed the complete assembly into the Lincoln and it worked perfectly. The one motor we hooked up raised the top with ease. We have another identical motor on the way for the other side. This one should 10% of the time to install since all the variables have been worked out.
Thanks again to all for the advise! It really helped.
jeff
 
Now we have the second motor and have it apart. The armature came out with brass bearings attached to each end of the the shafts. The first motor, which is the same motor, the bearings were in the housings. My question is are these bearings simply corroded onto the shafts or are they meant to be permanently pressed on? If permanent, then the whole bearing would rotate in the housing fixed to the shaft. My understanding has always been that the shaft rotates in the inner race or surface and the whole bearing might rotate slowly but that is not the primary bearing surface. Should we heat the bearings up and try to remove them so we can clean the shaft well so it can rotate?
Thanks again for any advice.
Jeff
 
Does it look like the bearings could be removed without damaging the armature? Is the shaft corroded?

Is there another brass sleeve in the housing where the bearing would go. (I am thinking it might just be a different design)
 
There does not appear to be anything in the housing except a matal gasket or washer of some sort. As it stands the whole shaft and brass bearing would rotate as a unit. I does not seem to be a smooth as the other motor. The photo you posted in the old thread has a bare end to the shaft on both sides. The bearing is in the housing as our first motor. The shaft has been soaking in penetrating oil since yesterday with hope that if it is corrosion, it may let it loose. The next step is to heat the bearing.
 
The bearings came off. We put the motor back together and it works perfectly on the bench. Not so much in the car. When we hook up the wiring harness to the motor, nothing happens. It will take some time but we will figure it out.
Jeff
 
I am not that good with electrical. My friend who is working with me is so I'm leaving it up to him to figure it out. When we hooked the motor up to a battery on the bench it worked beautifully in both directions. When we hooked it up in the car exactly as we did the first one, nothing. Today we are going to temporarily iinstall this motor on the other side with same connections that we know work there and see what happens. If it works, we have to take a look at the harness on the other side. Checking the wires for 6 volts and ground prove OK.
Jeff
 
It's all figured out and everything works great! What we figured out is that there is a problem with the driver's side harness. When hooked up there nothing works. When we hooked up the motor to the passenger side harness it worked perfectly. So we made pigtails that had one input from the harness and 2 outputs to the motors. Essentially we powered both motors from the passenger side harness. Works perfectly. Now we just have to reinstall the assembly into the driver's side.
Jeff
 
Final update: We started the Lincoln and raised and lowered the top several times and the motors easily moved the top. I want to thank everyone who posted with help in getting this sorted. Now to move on.
Jeff
 
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