I opened my gearbox up carefully and had gears fall. I cleaned all gears and inspected looking for anything . then set out to figure oiut which gear went where. couple tries and done. greased it up with some hightemp grease. got it reinstalled quiet as a mouse for several hours. then loud noise it jams loud clank and now it sounds like loose ungreased roller bearings, still works tho. will inspect it next cleaning
auger motor gearbox
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Don't wait, the gearbox may be in self destruct mode now.
Bill
PS. The one item that I figured would go bad is the auger motor/gearbox, and I have a spare on hand.
Order one now so if/when it dies at midnight, you can swap out motors when you need it, and not need to wait for delivery.
Bill
Bill
PS. The one item that I figured would go bad is the auger motor/gearbox, and I have a spare on hand.
Order one now so if/when it dies at midnight, you can swap out motors when you need it, and not need to wait for delivery.
Bill
every gear is on a shaft. no broken teeth. I am not afraid to run this gearbox for several more heating seasons. it is way easier than an eaton 14613 rto transmission total rebuild. added more grease. quiet as a mouse again now. oh noise was the updated bearing junk getting a adjustment on the cheap sheetmetal nut that came with it.
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Why not directly power the motor/gearbox for a minute or two and let her run in and get the grease distributed, just to be sure?
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