After nearly 6 seasons a problem

[KodiakII]

Came home this morning after working a night shift to a high pitch squeal coming from our corn stove. Our St. Croix Greenfield has run for nearly 6 full heating seasons...nonstop, and this is it's first "breakdown"!The culprit was the room air or convection blower. Now what I need to know is do you replace the whole blower unit or just the motor?

 

[Xena]

Same thing happened on my Prescott a couple years back.
I replaced the whole unit. Ordered it from a Dealer and
they had it shipped to me.

edit: here's a pic of the old unit removed. Not sure if it
looks the same as what you have. Think I paid around
$117 for a new one?

 

[imacman]

Usually you can replace just the motor if you are handy and have tools.

www.cshincorporated.com/index.php/cPath/109

www.grainger.com/Grainger/direct-drive-blower-motors/hvac-motors/motors/ecatalog/N-9y5

 

[jtakeman]

Not really that hard to change the bearings. Cheapest way out or at least keep it for a spare once you order a new blower. I think the bearings are less than $3 bucks a piece.

 

[KodiakII]

Pretty much identical to the one above. I think I'll get a new one from the dealer and rebuild the old one for a spare. It was my intention to have a spare motors on hand for the next season anyway.

 

[woodsman23]

E-bay i got one for my st Croix, it was the entire unit shipped for 120 bucks.. Just type the part Number in your browser and it will show up

 

[KodiakII]

Ordered and paid for one this morning from a shop north of here, supposed to be in tomorrow morning. It turned out to be 40 bucks cheaper than a bigger shop 60 miles away that didn't have one either.