Harman XXV Dist. Blower.

[Donn Fletcher]

Hi I want to give my stove a good cleaning today. I've taken the back panel off last week but could not get the fan out. The Harman XXV manual claims there are 3 wing nuts holding it in. Not the case! 2 wing nut and a long bolt. Any advise how to loosen that bolt would be huge. My stove is Kiddy Corner to the wall & I have barely any room working in back of it.

 

[ShizzelDizzel]

That is the combustion blower. Yes, they apprently changed the third wingnut to a bolt with a nut. I used a short adjustable wrench and went through the cutouts in the bottom of the stove to loosen the nut. I didn't feel like taking the time to try and find out the exact size of the nut but it looks like a 7/16 or 1/2.

 

[Donn Fletcher]

Do you just loosen the nut or take the bolt out? Do you need to hold the bolt to keep from spinning and the it looks like the price will turn out counter clockwise

 

[ShizzelDizzel]

Loosen the nut then the entire fan should spin free off the bolts.

 

[Donn Fletcher]

Got it... What a pain in the but that was. Won't be counting down the days to do that project again!