I thought there were videos on tearing this thing apart. We did it last year, motor fail and replaced bearing in the auger (we had a fire up to the gasket last year scary stuff) but brain cramp preventing me from remembering how to get at the bearing. I can get the motor off and have replacement in hand and I want to do another bearing too while I am in here. Can someone refresh my memory. 25 PDVC Bottom auger.
Appreciate help please auger removal
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stoveguy2esw
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Thank you will do. Just glanced at it and it looks like it just might be a 4 bolt removal after I get the motor off. Waiting on it to shut down and cool off so I can get into it.
Ok we are now on auger motor number 3 for the bottom since I have had this stove, about 4 1/2 years. It is an 06 model. Restart in progress.
jzm2cc
Minister of Fire
There are a couple helpful articles out there related to Englander stove augers and early motor failures.
I'd pull the motor off the auger shaft and see if auger spins freely once the pellets are removed. If not then there are probably burrs on the auger casting or the auger is not centered in the tube.
SidecarFlip
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jzm2cc
Minister of Fire
Yep every Englander pdv or pdvc I've wrenched on has had cast metal augers and some have rough burrs on the cast lines that could use cleaning up to ensure smooth rotation by hand. Any binding can't help motor life.
Welded augers seem to have better tolerances or at least a more uniform shape based on my highly accurate eyeball unit of measurement.
SidecarFlip
Minister of Fire
Interesting. I owned an Englander many, many years ago and it had a welded auger. Must have cheaped out on later ones.
jzm2cc
Minister of Fire
That is strange. Come to think if it the whole feeder assembly is one big casting so that would need to be checked for rough spots that could cause rough rotation. Biggest bang for the buck is making sure augers are centered when torquing down the 4 bolts that hold the bearing assembly. .
SidecarFlip
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Thats also strange in as much as mine (feeder assembly) was also a a weldment. I happen to have the manual for it right here and just looked to make sure. When I sold it years ago, I made a copy.
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