Broan S99080274 Bathroom Fan Motor

This motor turned out to be a suitable replacement for the motor in my old Broan S130-A bathroom fan. We bought the old one about 14 years ago and it recently stopped working. We couldn't find any replacement fans with similar dimensions and power (130 CFM) and since the bathroom is fairly large we really needed the high CFM and didn't want to cut a larger opening in the ceiling. I recommend you also buy the rubbery mounting vibration insulators that go between the motor and housing, although I used the old ones and they worked ok. You do have to be careful with the way you put those on because you have to line up with indentions in the housing and they have to go on a certain way -- look for little semicircular indentions on both the housing and the rubber things and line those up. Also, it is difficult to get the metal compression band back on the plastic fan after it goes back on the motor spindle. I used needle nose pliers "backwards" to spread the band open and my wife helped by pushing it down with a flat blade screwdriver onto the plastic fan. Although I used the old one, it wouldn't hurt a bit to buy one of those bands too -- I doubt they cost a lot and I could imagine one getting spread out too wide to do its job when putting it back on. Sorry, none of this is very easy to explain, but it will be obvious when you have it apart. There's probably a tool for opening bands like that that but I don't have one. I recommend you take pictures as you disassemble everything and that will help you get it all back the right way. You can replace this motor if you're reasonably handy with tools and such. I'd rate myself about average in doing that type of DIY project. One other thing to note: when you take the fan out of the ceiling, there's one screw (mine was the standard sheet metal silvery color and not black like the rest of the screws) that holds it in the main housing and the unit will drop down on you when you take it loose. Again, that will be obvious when you take it down, just be ready for it. And, turn off the power at the breaker box before working on any aspect of it. Good luck!

This did not exactly match the model number of the one I needed to replace (which was almost 20 years old), but it sure looked close, so I took a chance and it's perfect. Fit just right, and sounds great. Very pleased.

This was a perfect replacement for the motor in my Broan Bathroom Exhaust fan. The original fan finally started making noise after 8 years of proper operation. The bearings are sealed, and there's no place to apply oil. So, when the old one started acting up, I order this replacement. Took just 10 minutes to switch out the old fan with the new one. Nice and quiet now. I would have given five stars, except that this motor is heavy, and the packaging didn't hold up in shipping. As a result, the motor's case was dented on one edge. When I first saw this, I thought it would have to be returned. Fortunately, the dent didn't affect any of the moving parts, so the fan works well and mounted in it's housing properly.

Expensive, but a very nice motor, easy to install and works great.

Our 14 year old bathroom fan is a Nautilus/Broan (model NS130). For the last 2 years, we had to coax the fan along with by by poking it with a hanger (LOL!) or the motor would hummmm for 10 seconds or so before being able to turn the fan. (Yes, we kept the white plastic fan cover off just so we could access the fan for this purpose, and yes, it made for an ugly black hole in the bathroom ceiling!). It also made obnoxious loud vibration noises.Ha ha, my son recently came over and had the occasion to turn the fan on, and was appalled that we had been putting up with that for 2 years! He offered to buy a whole new fan, but we quickly discovered a new assembly wouldn't exactly fit in the hole in the ceiling. Luckily, I had saved the "owner's manual" from when it was originally installed. We were able to determine the exact part numbers which were needed, no guessing! We ordered this motor (S99080274) plus 2 rubber motor mounts (item 99100412) and the fan wheel (99110735). Probably could have been able to do without the new fan wheel and rubber mounts, but it only added a few more bucks to the cost of the project. Son took the fan housing down (only 1 screw holding the housing in place), swapped the old parts out with the new and had it back up and running in about a 1/2 hour. I will mention he used my hair dryer for about 30 seconds to heat up the old fan/motor pieces so he could pry them apart before removing from the housing. With that tip in mind, I think anyone could do this job once they had the right parts!!I'm hoping for another 10 years out of my "new" bathroom ceiling fan.UPDATE: for those commenters who note more noise, I wonder if replacing those rubber motor mountings (Part #99100412, and yes, you'll need two!) would have helped with vibration noise. At least for us, this new motor runs smooth and quiet.

Replaced this motor once before. It seems the new manufacturing is not as well done. The motor itself seems to vibrate much more. The last two motors were quiet. It appears the tolerance levels have changed. I tested the motor outside the box to confirm it vibrates much more than than the last two. I RECOMMEND NOT BUYING IT AND REPLACING THE WHOLE FAN! YOU WILL BE VERY DISAPPOINTED!!

I bought this Broan motor since I was nearly certain that it would fit my 20+ year old Broan bathroom fan. There appeared to be other cheaper aftermarket motors that could work, but I did not want to risk it. The hard part was getting the impeller off the motor shaft. It is pushed on and a metal band compresses down around a plastic shaft's shoulder. I used snap ring pliers to help get the band off. The price of this motor is probably the price of the entire new fan assembly, but it looked a lot easier to replace the just motor. I believe the old motor failed from the lack of use, so I run the new motor from time-to-time even if it is not necessary. Tip: keep all drains covered while doing this project. I have to fish a screw out of the toilet. The screws looked like special screws, replacing them would be difficult.