Auger Bearing Cleaning Brush - See pics of Big E auger service - auger jam fix!

Hello

I am refurbishing a Breckwell Big E and fixed a Big E auger jam recently. The stove that I am rebuilding, I could pull out the auger by had after removing the 2 nuts on the top bushing under the auger cover. The auger in the stove with the auger jam was so stuck I had to bang the end of the auger with a rubber mallet to push the auger up and out! Both stoves had gummed up dirty auger bearings in the top and bottom of the auger!

See pic of ring around the bushing. I hate those dirty rings!

Harbor Freight has a brass color round brush (That works the best) in the brush kit that attaches to the drill driver, and is just perfect for cleaning brass bearings!
http://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/...-heater-1195-00-salem-nh.126213/#post-1694777

Cleaning the auger with a wire wheel and then spraying with "Dry Moly" gives it a finishing touch. Adding some light oil to the bearings before putting the auger back in really makes it turn like butter!

Put in a new Auger motor and bingo!

Now the stove is burning well even on Level 1 and not jammin!
See pics below. Click to Enlarge

Pic 1 - Pulling auger up and out.
Pic 2 - Auger chute - found two drops of sharp slag. Auger Pox! I had to grind them down and stove will work better than ever!
Pic 3 - Dirty auger shaft and bearing
Pic 4 - Dirty auger bearing
Pic 5 - Nice brass drill driver brush for auger bearing cleaning!
Pic 6 - Clean bearing
Pic 7 - Cleaning auger and then chute
Pic 8 - Auger with Dry Moly and clean bearing with oil

 

Pic 9 - Adding oil to bottom auger bearing