Castile Exhaust Blower Removal

[peirhead]

Its spring cleaning time and I have heard it is quite a job to remove the exhaust blower from a Quad Castile free standing...does anyone have experience with this and have a procedure...maybe some pics?? thanks

 

[fluemasterjr]

the combustion blower is a pain to remove it is easier if you can pull the stove out so you can remove the back panel. Or you can get a long bottle brush and a can of air and go in through the exhaust port to clean it

 

[Czech]

This really isn't that bad of a job if you're handy. You'll need to remove the right side panel, the covection fan and then the back panel. Small hands help! The fan is held on by 4-5 metal screws, use a nut driver, not a screw driver (a magnetic one works good so you don't drop the screws)! Getting it back on is the tough part, I ended up sticking the gasket onto the fan so it was nice and lined up with the screw holes, used a little silicone to do so. If you look at how the stove is put together, figuring out how it comes apart is fairly intuitive.

 

[Meneillys]

The fan on my stove has key holes so all you have to do is loosen up the screw and turn the fan a small amount then pull it out. I put the gasket back on the screws first because it was key holed also. My stove is less than a year old though so it might be something new there doing with the fan.

 

[peirhead]

Thanks for the helpful replies..since this is my first summer cleaning I may leave the fan in this time...I just cleaned the vanes with a toothbrush and it seems still really clean so it probably doesn't need removal this year.