Cleaning firetubes in EKO 40

[huffdawg]

I want to have a look at my fire tubes . The manual isn't to helpfull . I have the back panel off and am wondering if you have to rip the insulation apart to get at the cover fr the tubes . Any one have pics. of the cleaning procedure

Huff

 

[weiland13]

Back panel should stay on. You need to remove the lever and the lever side panel. You also need to remove the rear top panel and remove the two nuts that hold on that internal cover. The rest should be clear once you get into it.

 

[Chris S]

I believe it's a 13mm wrench- 2 nuts on top. I clean mine with an approx 2" boiler cleaning brush. Start to finish- about 15 minutes tops. It's never very dirty in there

 

[huffdawg]

I believe it's a 13mm wrench- 2 nuts on top. I clean mine with an approx 2" boiler cleaning brush. Start to finish- about 15 minutes tops. It's never very dirty in there

How do the turbs come out ? Does the shaft come out after removing pin and handle?

Thanx Huff

 

[Donl]

How do the turbs come out ? Does the shaft come out after removing pin and handle?

Thanx Huff

Yes. Slide shaft to the right. I pull all turbs out together and re install without taking them apart. However it is probably easier if you disconnect each turb and pull and install them one at a time. Just takes a bit longer.

 

[ihookem]

I have yet to figure out how to get the lever off without tearing the thing apart. It is a very bad design as far as I can tell. Why didn't they just attach the lever with a bolt or pin. Then ya can take off the lever, raise all the turbs at once. It is a cluster down there. If I try to remove the turbs without removing the cleaning lever the bar is in the way of the turbs. Duh, could have simply designed the bar back 1" and all would be well. Very strange design, or maybe this German boy does't see the reasoning.

 

[Donl]

I have yet to figure out how to get the lever off without tearing the thing apart. It is a very bad design as far as I can tell. Why didn't they just attach the lever with a bolt or pin. Then ya can take off the lever, raise all the turbs at once. It is a cluster down there. If I try to remove the turbs without removing the cleaning lever the bar is in the way of the turbs. Duh, could have simply designed the bar back 1" and all would be well. Very strange design, or maybe this German boy does't see the reasoning.

I agree!