Been having some problems with my blower fan, it's been making a lot of noise over the past few months, especially on startup and shutdown of a cycle. I think the bearings are shot but I can't be sure. The fan motor spins silently if it is just spun up by hand. The past couple days it has actually needed a "push" to get going, which is bad because I am not always around to do so. I took everything apart this morning, cleaned the back chamber and all of the bits and pieces, took it all apart and wirebrushed it. I put it back together and it started up but is still very loud.
Has anyone else had problems with their fan? I did some research and the fan is just an off-the-shelf Fasco blower motor, $150 or so, but I work in maintenance and have hundreds of fans and motors in my facility, and Fasco has proven to be straight crap. I was wondering if anyone knew of an "or equal" motor that has the same mounting and specs and could be use in its' place. If not, I'll just replace it and then keep the old one as an emergency replacement.