Yes on the end caps with steel in them. Just smack it with a drift and ball peen hammer. They come right out with some persuasion.



Windings can look copper and be Aluminum and vise a verse. I have a dental pick that has a hook with an edge, I reach into a motor and pick out one wire. An aluminum wire will pull out and cut very easy. No disassembly required, well just enough to get to windings.