Can't get squirrel cage fan apart (70's Nashua)

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Soundchasm

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Sep 27, 2011
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If I could get this apart, maybe I could date it, but it was on the stove when I moved here in 2002. I got the set screw out, but the cage won't come off that axle (or whatever it is. Driveshaft?)

A quick Google search indicates these things may not come off easily. I've shot it with PB Rustbusters, and gently manipulating with a pair of pliers, but no luck yet.

My understanding is in a perfect world it'd lift right off after the set-screw was loosened.

If it comes off, is a drop of oil supposed to go somewhere?
Thanks,
Greg
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I turned chicken, cleaned everything as best I could, buttoned it up and reattached to the stove. Since I don't know what I'm doing, there seemed to be very little sense in breaking the thing to find out!! _g It sure seems to run very smooth.
 
Possible some locktite in there, only thing to break it free would be some heat from a torch, which would likely cause other problems. You did the right thing...clean the best you can and carry on with yer day!

Ian
 
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