Much more dust and soot all of a sudden in basement from coal stoker. Floor covered backside of stovepipe covered etc
- Richard S.
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There is brass bushing at the ends of the augers behind the gears. Dust will start leaking from there if they are worn. Since it's pressurized when stoking it will blow out.
It's a pretty common item and you should be able to pick them up at decent hardware store.
From a previous post which may be related.
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That long auger can be a a bit of challenge to remove depending on if it's loaded with coal, has coal on it and/or your setup..... it's not impossible. If you can't run it empty first turn the power off so you don't lose any fingers.
Loosen the set screws on the pipe, they are fairly obvious and there is 3 or 4 of them. With a pipe wrench you can work the pipe out of the housing and work/screw it into the bin until you expose enough of the auger to get a pipe wrench on that. Remove the shear pin from the auger which will free the auger. With your pipe wrench you can now screw the auger into the pipe just like it was regular screw. Once the auger shaft has cleared the end of the housing it's easily removed.
Note this is directions for 1200 and it may be slightly different for other models.
It's a pretty common item and you should be able to pick them up at decent hardware store.
From a previous post which may be related.
Check your augers, the outside of the screw should be flat, about 1/8 or so. If they are sharp and worn they grind up the coal excessively and need to replaced. They tend to wear on the ends the most, especially the small one.
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That long auger can be a a bit of challenge to remove depending on if it's loaded with coal, has coal on it and/or your setup..... it's not impossible. If you can't run it empty first turn the power off so you don't lose any fingers.
Loosen the set screws on the pipe, they are fairly obvious and there is 3 or 4 of them. With a pipe wrench you can work the pipe out of the housing and work/screw it into the bin until you expose enough of the auger to get a pipe wrench on that. Remove the shear pin from the auger which will free the auger. With your pipe wrench you can now screw the auger into the pipe just like it was regular screw. Once the auger shaft has cleared the end of the housing it's easily removed.
Note this is directions for 1200 and it may be slightly different for other models.
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