Outdoor Wood Furnace Info
Outdoor Furnaces - Manufacturers WITH EPA-Certified Models => Portage & Main => Topic started by: randy_1 on February 28, 2015, 05:13:46 PM
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The blower motor seems to be on the way out, very noisey now. Looking for suggestions on where to find one for the 250?
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I have one , but I am going to need it very very soon, maybe tomorrow. Check with Slimjim, he might have something left.
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Randy get the info off the motor and call Granger in Portland and have them cross it over they will ship it to you the one you have is made in China
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I have a few motor only's down here Randy, How can we hook up or would you like for me to ship it monday?
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Got mine changed out today, all I can say is it was a VERY good thing I did it, that motor was totally shot, how it still ran is beyond me.
Now, do you suppose I burnt more wood than needed because of the bad blower not supplying enough air?
When it gasified now it IS a jet engine, before it was a lazy flame.
Mental not for those of you about to change one, DO NOT get pi$$ed of and hit the end of that shaft with a hammer!
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So do I dare ask why you hit the end of the shaft?
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After cleaning the blower assembly I found they used those square drive screws to hold a piece on, think I could find my square drive bit? Heck no, so be shure to get one beforehand and keep it close by.
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Great ... Square drive bits? Yup got a dozen of them laying around lol they are so common ,,,,not!!! :bash:
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I shut my boiler down two weeks ago because the blower motor was going. It will run for about 3 minutes then get real hot and shutoff. When it cools down it will come back on until it gets hot again. There must be some sort of thermal break in there.
Slim do you have any motors left?
I am trying to get the fan off the shaft of the motor. I took the set screw out and it has been soaking in Aerokroil for three days and still won't come off. Any good way to get this off?
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Oops, I guess I missed this thread, Randy those screws are very common north of the border and they actually work very well, I think in the future we will see more products built with them here. JTS717 yes I do have a couple of them left but Brian owns them, is your unit still under warranty, if not you would be better served to call Rory at the office as he can ship it cheaper than I, as far as getting the old squirrel cage off, I typically will heat the collar slightly, this expands the collar and it should come right off, not to much or it swells the shaft as well. The entire unit can be ordered from Rory if you wish but you must specify you want the entire unit.
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Great ... Square drive bits? Yup got a dozen of them laying around lol they are so common ,,,,not!!! :bash:
Depending on the size of the head I've flipped a extension around and used the female end to get on the set bolt and used a crescent wrench on the other end.
Enough of those square head set screws are used on the farm equipment that we bought a set of 8 point sockets a long time ago.
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Thanks for the advice Slim, I will talk to Rory.
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I ordered the whole assembly when mine went a couple months ago, they are using self tappers now.
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Oops, I guess I missed this thread, Randy those screws are very common north of the border and they actually work very well, I think in the future we will see more products built with them here. JTS717 yes I do have a couple of them left but Brian owns them, is your unit still under warranty, if not you would be better served to call Rory at the office as he can ship it cheaper than I, as far as getting the old squirrel cage off, I typically will heat the collar slightly, this expands the collar and it should come right off, not to much or it swells the shaft as well. The entire unit can be ordered from Rory if you wish but you must specify you want the entire unit.
Are we talking about the square drive screws?
Or the old style set screws with the square heads?
Personally I hate the ones that are supposed to be a multi drive deal, supposed to take a standard screwdriver, a phillips or a square drive. No matter what you use seem to strip very easy.
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I have much better luck driving the square drive screws than either Phillips or standard and I use impact drivers on them, of course you must have the proper tip to fit the screw.
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I have much better luck driving the square drive screws than either Phillips or standard and I use impact drivers on them, of course you must have the proper tip to fit the screw.
Same here, have my handy dandy 1/4" drive 18 volt DeWalt. Funny enough when I first bought it I figured it would either strip screws or bits faster from the vibration, just the opposite is true.
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the "square headed screw" know here in Canada after its Canadian patent is named after the inventor Peter "Robinson"
They are the best screw on the market I think they come in about 4 sizes (I thnk) yellow, green, red and black (listed from smallest to largest)
wood or sheet metal screws, I would not buy another type!
the true "Robertson" screws and screw drivers are slightly tapered so as to make the screw driver easier to insert (the tip is smaller than the opening in the screw) and this also helps keep the screw on the screw driver more snugly as well as straight in line with the blade
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Are those different than the square drive we have here? I think they go by size #1, #2, #3, etc but not positive about that. I hate them and prefer philips if I have to choose between the two. Torx it far superior to either but usually cost more.
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I agree completely! TORX is the way to go except on cost, square or Robertson heads are far better than the Phillips heads though and much cheaper than TORX.