please help identify this blower motor part

what is this hard grey stuff on the spring? it’s under the electrical plug in the blower motor casing. it crumbled when i removed the blower motor. do i need to repair it with whatever was coating the spring? thanks. [ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:“none”,“data-size”:“full”,“data-attachmentid”:1117909}[/ATTACH][ATTACH=JSON]{“data-align”:“none”,“data-size”:“full”,“data-attachmentid”:1117910}[/ATTACH]

Until the actual coil breaks you don’t have to replace that. That resistor controls the fan speed

thanks hb420! all four blower speeds work.