Winslow pi40 auger / feed issue

[tom p.]

So the stove seems like it’s grinding the pellets up as opposed to feeding them , keep getting stuck , put a new motor on it , I’m guessing I need a new auger and bearings? Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Washed-Up]

Have you tried a different brand of pellets? Could you post a video?

 

[tom p.]

Have you tried a different brand of pellets? Could you post a video?

I’ll see if I can get a video this week at some point, I gotta pull the auger out and clean it again to get it unstuck

 

[Mt Bob]

Your stove has an auger mounted in 2 bearings. Possible to go bad, but I would say kinda rare. Remove motor, all pellets, see if it spins free and does not feel rough,and it does not wobble around.
If,when you clean your auger, and it is packed full of what seems to be sawdust, you probably got a few bags of bad pellets. they either got wet/damp, or they were not properly compressed. So they turn into dust quite easily. Happened to me before, had about 10-15 bags out of a ton that way. So I had to screen them to use the good ones.

 

[tom p.]

Your stove has an auger mounted in 2 bearings. Possible to go bad, but I would say kinda rare. Remove motor, all pellets, see if it spins free and does not feel rough,and it does not wobble around.
If,when you clean your auger, and it is packed full of what seems to be sawdust, you probably got a few bags of bad pellets. they either got wet/damp, or they were not properly compressed. So they turn into dust quite easily. Happened to me before, had about 10-15 bags out of a ton that way. So I had to screen them to use the good ones.

I emptied the hopper completely and all sawdust from it along with the chamber the auger goes in , when I put it back together I used pellets that I screened to make sure there wasn’t no dust , weird thing is you could hear it chewing and grinding them , and you could hear the auger motor slowing down as it was getting jammed , I will try and get a video in a day or so just had dental work done so I can tell ya it’s not gonna be today lol