Hi,
I have been getting very familiar with my P43. Everything seems straightforward but I am unsure of how to do preventive maintenance on the auger and it's assembly, etc. I have studied the parts diagram and that has helped a lot. Just wondering what other owners of this stove or any of the P-series for that matter, do to keep there auger working smoothly. Do you remove it annually to clean it off? If so how do you remove it? Do you lube any of the auger parts, like at the back of the stove? Any other information about the auger and assembly? I wish there was such a thing as a service manual for this stove. I would love that!
The reason I am asking about the auger is 90% preventive maintenance. The other 10% is because the auger, where it meets the burnpot, is black and sticky looking. I am not getting any noise or anything but it seems to me that there might be something else I should be doing to keep the auger ship-shape. After thoroughly cleaning the P43 this summer and removing the two blowers, the esp probe, and fines holder, etc. I cleaned everything but felt that I neglected the auger and assembly. I just did nothing for the auger, due to my ignorance. This is the one last frontier of my Harman that I am not quite sure about. I need me some auger love, hope I can be schooled on auger maintenance. Thanks!
I have been getting very familiar with my P43. Everything seems straightforward but I am unsure of how to do preventive maintenance on the auger and it's assembly, etc. I have studied the parts diagram and that has helped a lot. Just wondering what other owners of this stove or any of the P-series for that matter, do to keep there auger working smoothly. Do you remove it annually to clean it off? If so how do you remove it? Do you lube any of the auger parts, like at the back of the stove? Any other information about the auger and assembly? I wish there was such a thing as a service manual for this stove. I would love that!
The reason I am asking about the auger is 90% preventive maintenance. The other 10% is because the auger, where it meets the burnpot, is black and sticky looking. I am not getting any noise or anything but it seems to me that there might be something else I should be doing to keep the auger ship-shape. After thoroughly cleaning the P43 this summer and removing the two blowers, the esp probe, and fines holder, etc. I cleaned everything but felt that I neglected the auger and assembly. I just did nothing for the auger, due to my ignorance. This is the one last frontier of my Harman that I am not quite sure about. I need me some auger love, hope I can be schooled on auger maintenance. Thanks!