Hello
I am working on a Hudson River Sarnac Insert stove with auger jam problems from day 1. My first find was the wave coating on the side of the auger tube.
See > > https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...what-is-this-ragged-stuff.94664/#post-1248152
When I attempted to take the auger motor off to change the motor, the set screw in the auger collar stripped. It happens! So I though I would try the Auger Fix kit for West Point and Sarnac stoves?
Now there seems to be quite some differences and maybe for the best?
The kit contains a new auger, chute, and brass bushing. A cotter pin must be purchased separately. The new chute is round unlike the old square chute with rounded corners.
So my first thought. Nice to have a cotter pin than a set screw, other stoves are starting to do that too!
The auger is different also. The shaft seems to be smaller in diameter but the blades are the same.
The auger motor shaft goes into the base of the auger and must have a hole to accept the cotter pin. No need for a collar with a set screw. I like that.
The fins at the end to push the pellets down the drop chute have also changed and maybe the older larger fins were causing more jams?
What do you guys think? Any ideas how the new chute installs into a Sarnac? Does it just lay in there and the old cover goes on top?
See pic below:
click pic to enlarge
I am working on a Hudson River Sarnac Insert stove with auger jam problems from day 1. My first find was the wave coating on the side of the auger tube.
See > > https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...what-is-this-ragged-stuff.94664/#post-1248152
When I attempted to take the auger motor off to change the motor, the set screw in the auger collar stripped. It happens! So I though I would try the Auger Fix kit for West Point and Sarnac stoves?
Now there seems to be quite some differences and maybe for the best?
The kit contains a new auger, chute, and brass bushing. A cotter pin must be purchased separately. The new chute is round unlike the old square chute with rounded corners.
So my first thought. Nice to have a cotter pin than a set screw, other stoves are starting to do that too!
The auger is different also. The shaft seems to be smaller in diameter but the blades are the same.
The auger motor shaft goes into the base of the auger and must have a hole to accept the cotter pin. No need for a collar with a set screw. I like that.
The fins at the end to push the pellets down the drop chute have also changed and maybe the older larger fins were causing more jams?
What do you guys think? Any ideas how the new chute installs into a Sarnac? Does it just lay in there and the old cover goes on top?
See pic below:
click pic to enlarge