I have metal shaving on my motor's magnet, what do I do?

Originally Posted by johnrobholmes

Compressed air is your best bet, otherwise you need to take the motor apart to manually clean it or risk eating the windings with the shavings.

How big is the air gap compared to the shavings?

How big is the gap between the magnet to the windings in comparison to the shavings, is that what you mean? They are super tiny way smaller than the air gap. I guess its more like metal particles than shavings, much finer than sand, I got most of it off my just grabbing it with my fingers, their aint much left.