This brings frugal to a wole new level. I know it's a 20 year old unit, but jeeze! I bought a bearing puller for $11 and new SKF bearing for $6 and I thought I was being frugal. Thanks for providing people options though. I'd recommend a new gasket.
Great job, rebuilding & not discarding!!! I’m having issues with mine, so I’m gonna do the same. Thanks for the time of putting the video up for all to learn.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I watched it last week after determining that this was indeed my problem with almost the same inducer. I did the rebuild today following your steps after a very annoying night full of screeching and howling from the furnace. It is SILENT now! Instead of another total rip off from the heating company for what would be at least a $1000 job I fixed it myself for the price of a can of blaster. You are a true DIY hero.
I replaced my inducer motor and blower wheel because of bearing noise. Got them separately on Amazon. Now I got a lot of orange flame. Flame looks like crap. It was nice and blue before. Also seems like the flames are not being pulled/stretch enough inside the exchanger because the flames are not a narrow as before. Maybe didn't adjust the fan blade on the motor shaft far enough out? Maybe the new cheap Amazon blower wheel sucks? I got a nanometer, but haven't checked the vacuum on the inducer yet. Not sure if the manual has a spec or not.
Here are some tips and clues? You can buy just the motor and replace it instead of rebuilding it. 40-50 bucks. When and if you are able to break grub set screw loose and reassemble it use high temp anti seize. You will take it off next time easier. Or if you need to cut wheel off new wheels are 25 bucks. The rubber insulators are a wear item and need replacing and are stupid expensive but found for 21 bucks for set of 3. If the white insulation rings is ruined buy a roll of adhesive nomex for smoker grill insulation. Cheaper then the OEM replacement ring? The size of the internal tooth retainer used in outer fan is 8mm ID which fits the .315 shaft. Can be found locally at hardware stores? In my neighborhood we have plenty of Carrier furnaces with the exact same inducer. And rebuild is time well spent buy I have a standby I bought used on eBay. They always fail during heating season? So I swap the stand by one in. Then I rebuild the original? So I find motors cheap and wheel cages on eBay and Amazon. Great video! Just sent this to my Kid to fix his inducer?
good job, world needs more people who want to rebuild and fix things instead of replacing and thowing away the old.
This brings frugal to a wole new level. I know it's a 20 year old unit, but jeeze! I bought a bearing puller for $11 and new SKF bearing for $6 and I thought I was being frugal. Thanks for providing people options though. I'd recommend a new gasket.
Great job, rebuilding & not discarding!!! I’m having issues with mine, so I’m gonna do the same. Thanks for the time of putting the video up for all to learn.
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I watched it last week after determining that this was indeed my problem with almost the same inducer. I did the rebuild today following your steps after a very annoying night full of screeching and howling from the furnace.
It is SILENT now!
Instead of another total rip off from the heating company for what would be at least a $1000 job I fixed it myself for the price of a can of blaster. You are a true DIY hero.
Awesome video I paid over $200 to replace my inducer. I was able to fix it and ended up not Fork it out two hundred dollars it worked better
awesome job👍 i'm going to do the same thing to mine during the summer. thanks again!👌
One thing to try, cut the excess length off the allen wrench so it doesn't twist/flex so much.
Nice job diving in to fix it!
Great Job Paul patient excellent… mine has same problem bearing grease shot
Thank you!!!!!
I replaced my inducer motor and blower wheel because of bearing noise. Got them separately on Amazon. Now I got a lot of orange flame. Flame looks like crap. It was nice and blue before. Also seems like the flames are not being pulled/stretch enough inside the exchanger because the flames are not a narrow as before.
Maybe didn't adjust the fan blade on the motor shaft far enough out?
Maybe the new cheap Amazon blower wheel sucks?
I got a nanometer, but haven't checked the vacuum on the inducer yet. Not sure if the manual has a spec or not.
Here are some tips and clues? You can buy just the motor and replace it instead of rebuilding it. 40-50 bucks. When and if you are able to break grub set screw loose and reassemble it use high temp anti seize. You will take it off next time easier. Or if you need to cut wheel off new wheels are 25 bucks. The rubber insulators are a wear item and need replacing and are stupid expensive but found for 21 bucks for set of 3. If the white insulation rings is ruined buy a roll of adhesive nomex for smoker grill insulation. Cheaper then the OEM replacement ring? The size of the internal tooth retainer used in outer fan is 8mm ID which fits the .315 shaft. Can be found locally at hardware stores?
In my neighborhood we have plenty of Carrier furnaces with the exact same inducer. And rebuild is time well spent buy I have a standby I bought used on eBay. They always fail during heating season? So I swap the stand by one in. Then I rebuild the original? So I find motors cheap and wheel cages on eBay and Amazon. Great video! Just sent this to my Kid to fix his inducer?
Did it last?
Still running today! quiet as can be.
Wd40 is not a lubricant