those who are smarter than me electrically (ken stein) my electric motor just shut off in my steamer while cleaning the carpets up...its only 2 years old and hasnt been used much. i tore it apart and everything looks clean on the inside. there are 2 spring loaded contacts that are both making connection...all the brushes are making good contact. it did feel a little hot. i bypassed the switch and hardwired the hot directly to the motor...nothing. any chance there is some sort of overheat protection or is there any way to see if its dead. all the copper seems fine, no broken coil wires. it looks super clean, and when i turn it by hand, there is just nice light contact on the inside, no scraping, noise or dead spots.
this is pretty much exactly what my motor is...its a hoover steam vac. help! this stupid thing was expensive when we got it, but its out of warranty and we've only used it a few times