[junkman]

I checked cont. between the case and leads, and it shows good. I think the problem might be stemming from the rotor touching the windings, If I move the shaft any at all, I can get cont. between the shaft and the leads. I can crank down as tight as I can on the front plate, and sometimes it will show cont. and some times it won't at rest. There is enough slop between the bearing and the plate that it will move enough to pretty much always get continuity. I hate it, I know its a cheap motor, but it really ran good. Now its got me wondering if it had been making some contact all along and thats why the controller was running hot.