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Survey: Englander - Grease those bearings! See Pics - How often do you apply the red stuff?

Discussion in 'Pellet Stoves, Pellet Fireplaces, Pellet Furnaces' started by don2222, Feb 26, 2015.

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How often do you apply Red High Temp grease to your Englander Auger Bearings?

  1. Before the fall and before the summer

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  2. Once a year

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  3. Every 2 years

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  4. Every 3 years

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  5. Never

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  6. Do the bearings really need more grease?

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  1. don2222

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    Hello

    These auger bearings were dry! See dry channel in pics below. Pellet stove is 2009 and auger and bearings were never removed until now!

    Here we pump Red High temp grease from a cartridge into the alemite fitting using a grease gun purchased from Lowes or Home Depot.

    How often do you apply the red stuff.
    Pic 1 - Bottom Auger with BONE dry bearing! See empty grease channel.
    Pic 2 - Grease gun setup
    Pic 3 - Squeezing in the red grease
    Pic 4 - filling the channel
    Pic 5 - Greased auger - sprayed with "Dry Moly" after wire wheel brushing and grinding rough spots
    Pic 6 - Align Augers and check to see if they turn freely. Zerk fitting on left for easy access
    Pic 7 - New Hi Quality auger motors
    Pic 8 - Top auger in hopper

    Click pics to Enlarge:
    See Yellow and red arrows!
     

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    Been away.Good normal maintenice stuff don.Please tell me how you "aligned" augers in picture 6?
     
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    Hi
    In pic 6 when you put the bolts into the large bearing holes there is quite a bit of room to move the bearing up or down or to the left and right. Natural gravity pulls the bearing down. Therefore if you tighten the bolts and the auger hangs when turning it by hand you may want to move it up and/or slightly to one side so the auger turns freely. I have done many of these and each stove is different.
    Mike Holton can also explain this too.
     
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    Last greased the Englander last year when I pulled the top auger to clear a pellet jam… but this stove doesn't run 24/7.
     
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    Hi Krooser
    Was the knit line on the auger ground down? Any burrs or ruff spots?
    Did the auger need any smoothing out or just wire brushing the carbon or fines off it?
     
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