Okay experts, my stove has started making a bad sound, intermittently. It'll go for hours without any issues, than creak for 1/2 an hour, then do so only once every few minutes, etc. etc.
It's a 1996 Enviro EF2 which has been rock solid since I bought it last year. Here's the sound. Sometimes it lasts the full duration of the 3-second ON cycle, other times it's just a quick peep:
Twice in the last week, when running on low, it has failed to feed enough pellets to keep the fire burning and the stove shut down.
Recent changes:
In the fall, I replaced the original auger motor with a Gleason Avery motor. I still have the old one as a backup.
I also replaced the original lower bearing and mount with the "Nylatron" upgrade.
Also, I recently changed to my colder-weather pellets, which are MUCH longer than what I've been burning up to this point. most pellets are an inch or so long, whereas the previous batch were barely longer than they are wide, maybe 3/8" on average.
I'll be pulling all this apart to examine later today, I need to go out and run some errands for a couple hours. I'll pull the auger, clean the upper bearing as best as I can, run the motor on a test cord, and put some type of lube (suggestions welcome) on the Nylatron. Also, if anyone knows any tricks for getting that upper bearing out without drilling out the cover inside the hopper I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
It's a 1996 Enviro EF2 which has been rock solid since I bought it last year. Here's the sound. Sometimes it lasts the full duration of the 3-second ON cycle, other times it's just a quick peep:
Twice in the last week, when running on low, it has failed to feed enough pellets to keep the fire burning and the stove shut down.
Recent changes:
In the fall, I replaced the original auger motor with a Gleason Avery motor. I still have the old one as a backup.
I also replaced the original lower bearing and mount with the "Nylatron" upgrade.
Also, I recently changed to my colder-weather pellets, which are MUCH longer than what I've been burning up to this point. most pellets are an inch or so long, whereas the previous batch were barely longer than they are wide, maybe 3/8" on average.
I'll be pulling all this apart to examine later today, I need to go out and run some errands for a couple hours. I'll pull the auger, clean the upper bearing as best as I can, run the motor on a test cord, and put some type of lube (suggestions welcome) on the Nylatron. Also, if anyone knows any tricks for getting that upper bearing out without drilling out the cover inside the hopper I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
