Ussc 6039 agitator question

[Crowcaller]

Hi guys, new stove owner here. Bought a new house, stove came with the house. Ive mostly figured this thing out, but I'm having problems with the agitator. It stopped working yesterday, so today I opened up to find that the "pin", or rather bent nail, had broken. So no big deal, new bent nail in place and stove reassembled The new problem is that the shaft driving the agitator seems to come into the stove too low, so that the agitator rod lifts the pot up whenever the inside attachment pinhole is vertical. I don't want this thing to burn out or keep shearing pins, so any tips are appreciated.
Thanks guys.

 

[ARC]

Can you post some pictures? Here are some to compare with. Your motor should be sitting on a support bar. Your agitator coupler should be attached to your motor with a roll/tension pin. The coupler should be going through your stove wall inside of a bronze bushing. The agitator/stir rod
should be attached to the coupler with a hair pin. Does your coupler have both tabs on the hairpin side?

 

[FirepotPete]

Hi guys, new stove owner here. Bought a new house, stove came with the house. Ive mostly figured this thing out, but I'm having problems with the agitator. It stopped working yesterday, so today I opened up to find that the "pin", or rather bent nail, had broken. So no big deal, new bent nail in place and stove reassembled The new problem is that the shaft driving the agitator seems to come into the stove too low, so that the agitator rod lifts the pot up whenever the inside attachment pinhole is vertical. I don't want this thing to burn out or keep shearing pins, so any tips are appreciated.
Thanks guys.

I have the same stove but haven't used the agitator in over 12 years but will ask a couple of questions that might help.

First is the agitator itself clean? No clumps of carbon built up on it? Also is the burn pot clear of any built up carbon deposits? There is very little clearance between the agitator and burn pot in these stoves and will make the burn pot jump when the agitator spins.

If that shear pin was replaced with a nail it also tells me that it was bound up at some point and the original pin did its job and broke. If it hadn't broke it would have stripped the gears and you don't want that. Empty the pot and rotate the agitator manually with the control board, you should be able to see if it is contacting the burn pot and causing your problem.

Do you have the owners/user manual? If not they are available to download. You will need to get the one that is compatible with you control board. You will either have the A-B-C (three button) panel or the newer four button panel.

Also check out the cleaning tips I have linked in my signature line. Deep clean that stove and it will keep you warm with less problems.

 

[Crowcaller]

I have the 4 button board and the manual. I'm at work now so no pictures, but that's basically how it is.
When I got into it, the support bar was missing a screw so the motor was half hanging, then of course the broken nail attaching the coupler. The hairpin side is intact, the tabs are spread slightly and it's held with a bent piece of thin metal instead of a hairpin. I'm cleaning it weekly to get rid of the build up in the pot, it seems to just be jumping because the rod is slightly angled up.
I'm thinking the nail broke because the motor was loose and half hanging.

 

[ARC]

The roll/tension pin is 1/8" dia x 1/2" long and the hairpin is .093 " dia x 2 " long any size close to the 2" long works. You can buy both of these at local hardware stores.

 

[ARC]

rod lifts the pot up whenever the inside attachment pinhole is vertical

You could also add a pot clip. Take a 1/8" x 3/4" x 5" piece of flat stock steel bend it in half and install on the right side cut out of the pot box. This will tighten the pot and stop the agitator from lifting it.

 

[Crowcaller]

You could also add a pot clip. Take a 1/8" x 3/4" x 5" piece of flat stock steel bend it in half and install on the right side cut out of the pot box. This will tighten the pot and stop the agitator from lifting it.

I like this idea. Is there anything to use to get the buildup off the pot and agitator? Soaking it in water is NOT doing it, there's always the same chunk that is fused onto the pot using some mystical arts or something


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[ARC]

buildup off the pot and agitator

You could throw a cup of oyster shell in your hopper and a little bit in your pot. You get oyster shell from a farm store they feed it to chickens to strengthen the egg shells. I have heard two theories on why this works, one is the oyster burns hot and cleans off the build up and two that the oyster grinds the build up off. Don't know which is true but it works. I only have to do this when it gets real cold and the stove runs high all the time. Then I get more build up/ clinker and the agitator starts grinding. The oyster shell cleans it off.

I clean my stove every week, as soon as it shuts off I drop my pot and agitator in a stainless steel bucket of water. By the time I finish cleaning the rest of the stove a couple of taps with a flat head screw driver removes any build up on the pot.