Is is possible to lubricate the sleeve bearing in a blower motor? Mine is beginning to make noise and I thought I might be able to make it last a little longer this way?

Is it even remotely accessible to perform this without disassembling the entire car?

 

I assume you are performing this on your 240. To access the blower motor on a 240 requires taking a good amount of the dashboard & center console apart. Given that it is about six to eight hours of labor for the whole job, I would replace the motor rather than just lubricate it when I had it apart.

 

on a 240, there is the 'chainsaw' method which requires a lot less disassembly, but is still a big ugly job. I second the emotion on a quality new motor, get the VDO/Siemens one, rather than some cheaper chinese thing. Volvo Blower Motor - Siemens 1370241 | FCP Euro

 

said chainsaw method,
In a 240, there are two ways to replace the blower motor -- the proper way, and the butcher's way

the hard way,
Volvo 240 Heater AC Blower Fan Motor Replacement

 

I will tell you that a while back some one posted a website that showed where to drill holes in the blower housing to spray some lubricant into the blower bushings. I did this on my wagon and this has continued to work for years. Since the problem is that the bushings dry up over time, this is not a bad fix for the work involved. The problem is where to drill the holes to squirt the oil in.

On my sedan the blower was run for so long with dry bearings that the shaft had worn down. Squirting oil would not have helped. After doing the job the proper way on the sedan, I would not be against trying the chainsaw method either.

Now, I remember what I did on the wagon, I had to replace the heater core, so while I was in there I opened up the blower housing an squirted oil into the bearings. So, I cannot check on where to put the holes since I didn't drill them. You may want to search for images of 240 blower motors and the housing to see if you can figure out where to drill the holes. If you figure it out post the location so we can pass on the info.

 

Here is a link to the "drill and squirt" method.

blarf.homeip.net: Volvo 240/260 Frequently Asked Questions: Blower Motor

 

Thanks, everyone.