wow- auger squeel to blueberries? whouda thunk?!
well, the Englanders dont cost what the Harman's do either, so they get more leeway. Its kinda like Tom Brady. Won 3 superbowls. Wife who has killer good looks and ALOT of $$$. Puts a big target on your back.What I find interesting is I keep hearing about the dreaded Harman squeal. I'm on my 4th winter with my Harman and outside of the occasional squeal when a pellet gets stuck, I've never had the problem. Yet back when my PDVC was my primary stove, I had the problem all the time. I had to chip carbon out of the auger tube constantly. But I've never heard anyone complain about them squealing at all, only the Harmans. And I was burning top end pellets like Cubex and Okies in the PDVC.
Pull the auger and clean it. Where in so md Im in hughesville.
sorry for the late reply...im in hughesville as well...the squeal is still there, havn't pulled the auger yet, after cleaning the fines box, i could see the end of the auger and it is silver. i tool a blower vac and try to blow out dust/slide plate..lots of fines came out but same issue
update:
squeal came back, so i want to remove the auger.
removed the 2 bolts on the auger plate but the auger will not come out (it had play in it)
looks like there is a bracket screwed to the auger moter (not cam bolt) that has 2 bushings, looks like that it was pushed (by factory) onto the rod (where the feeder lever is welded).
does the bracket come off that rode, with a little force since its never been removed before? seems it should just slide off
also, any tricks on disconnecting the electric wires, seem to be hard to disconnect
The 2 bolts should allow you to remove the auger and motor. There is a bolt that ties the auger to the motor that you could remove first. There is some room for adjustment if something is rubbing back there. If you pull them both, you can use a small wire brush to clean out the tube real good, check out the auger.
Have not had an issue with my stove since I did this. Very peaceful around here now.miteclipse, how did you make out ??
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