Did I just break my motor?

U said u bent something. If u bent the rotor that’s bad and ud have to bend it back. if it’s iron fillings in there just clean it out with duct tape . Opening the motor is easy if u don’t have the circlip on. The magnets have a really hard couple layers on them to protect, maybe just run it and see

yeah I bent a lid edge:

That is probably not a big deal. I just let it run and it sounds ok - so I am not going to worry about it.

It works again :smile: