St.Croix fan

[Warm winters]

Hi, Guys
Has anyone changed the convection blower on a st.croix greenfield. Mine sounds awful
Was wondering how hard it was.
Thanks

 

[KodiakII]

Take it apart and put new bearings in,,,I am going to rebuild my backup one this weekend.

 

[Warm winters]

Thanks for reply. Did you do yours. And we're do you get bearings. Do you need any gaskets.
Thanks

 

[rickwai]

I rebuilt mine. The hardest part is getting plastic fan cages off without breaking them. Any motor shop has bearings. I used a 1/4 in. pipe nipple to push bearings back on so I didnt damage the plastic sheilds on bearing. Fan mounts at bottom back of stove. remove rear bottom sheilds and motor is there. you will need a 1/4 in. nut driver.

 

[bogieb]

Good info - I'm sure I will have to do the same to my Hastings at some point.

 

[heat seeker]

Just for reference, these are my room blowers, made of metal. It doesn't show well in the photo, but the concave part of each vane is packed solid. I had to scrape the dirt out, then wash the cages. This is how the stove was sold to me (used). I got much more airflow after the cleaning. I clean them every year, and get nowhere near the dirt. Guess they were never cleaned before!

 

[Bioburner]

so your fan had a little dirt? Check this picture out

 

[heat seeker]

That is truly nasty!

 

[bcarton]

I'm new to pellet stoves, but the nastiness of that fan doesn't surprise me at all. Since you're all computer users, try taking a look inside there someday, especially if you have a desktop that sits on the floor!

 

[bbfarm]

This was ours after a season

 

[bbfarm]

Don't forget to label your wires when you take it our so you can hook it back up