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squealing suburban heater - Rose Mary - 11-29-2006 16:09 Another question comes to mind, 2 of our suburban heaters are squealing, is there a way to lubricate them? Where? how? Rose Mary 82 FC Side bath in Nevada squealing suburban heater - sfedeli3 - 11-29-2006 22:52 Hi Rosemary, All of mine used to squeal- it is the blower fan bearings. If you can pull the furnaces out of your coach and remove the motors- drill a small 1/16" hole in the fan housings beside the shafts (one comes out the front and one comes out the rear) on the motor. This will allow you to put some 3-in-1 electric motor oil into the sealed bearing. Usually, it will not run down the shaft past the seals, so you cannot just lube the shaft, you have to drill the holes too. This is a pretty advanced opearation for the shadetree mechanic. The whole back end of the furnace has to be disassembled in order to remove the fan motor and you have to be very careful not to damage any of the gaskets that prevent CO from getting into the coach from the exhaust side of the furnace. You may also consider just replacing the unit with a newer, more efficient one from camping world. They should last 10 years or so with no squealing. If anyone else is having this problem, we could do a Removal and Repair workshop at the Maxton, NC rally this spring. Shane Fedeli 85PT40 Hershey, PA --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary" wrote: > > Another question comes to mind, 2 of our suburban heaters are > squealing, is there a way to lubricate them? Where? how? > Rose Mary > 82 FC Side bath > in Nevada > squealing suburban heater - Tom Warner - 11-30-2006 01:37 And here is the rest of the story as some old fellow always says (what IS his name??). Here is all of the manuals you will probably need to service your appliances in the coach. http://www.bryantrv.com/sitemap.html The one for your furnace I believe is a NT-16SW which is in my 1985 PT40. http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/ntseries.pdf http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/ntseries.pdf tom warner vernon center,ny 1985 PT 40 At 05:52 AM 11/30/2006, you wrote: >Hi Rosemary, > > All of mine used to squeal- it is the blower fan bearings. If you >can pull the furnaces out of your coach and remove the motors- drill >a small 1/16" hole in the fan housings beside the shafts (one comes >out the front and one comes out the rear) on the motor. This will >allow you to put some 3-in-1 electric motor oil into the sealed >bearing. Usually, it will not run down the shaft past the seals, so >you cannot just lube the shaft, you have to drill the holes too. > > This is a pretty advanced opearation for the shadetree mechanic. >The whole back end of the furnace has to be disassembled in order to >remove the fan motor and you have to be very careful not to damage >any of the gaskets that prevent CO from getting into the coach from >the exhaust side of the furnace. You may also consider just replacing >the unit with a newer, more efficient one from camping world. They >should last 10 years or so with no squealing. > > If anyone else is having this problem, we could do a Removal and >Repair workshop at the Maxton, NC rally this spring. > >Shane Fedeli >85PT40 >Hershey, PA > >--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary" > wrote: > > > > Another question comes to mind, 2 of our suburban heaters are > > squealing, is there a way to lubricate them? Where? how? > > Rose Mary > > 82 FC Side bath > > in Nevada > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > squealing suburban heater - Rose Mary - 11-30-2006 04:08 Thanks Shane that sounds like more than I want to tackle. Guess for now we'll live with the squeal, maybe we won't need the squeaky ones when we get to Arizona thanks Rose Mary 82 FC Sunny tho cold Nevada --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "sfedeli3" <sfedeli3@...> wrote: > > Hi Rosemary, > > All of mine used to squeal- it is the blower fan bearings. If you > can pull the furnaces out of your coach and remove the motors- drill > a small 1/16" hole in the fan housings beside the shafts (one comes > out the front and one comes out the rear) on the motor. This will > allow you to put some 3-in-1 electric motor oil into the sealed > bearing. Usually, it will not run down the shaft past the seals, so > you cannot just lube the shaft, you have to drill the holes too. > > This is a pretty advanced opearation for the shadetree mechanic. > The whole back end of the furnace has to be disassembled in order to > remove the fan motor and you have to be very careful not to damage > any of the gaskets that prevent CO from getting into the coach from > the exhaust side of the furnace. You may also consider just replacing > the unit with a newer, more efficient one from camping world. They > should last 10 years or so with no squealing. > > If anyone else is having this problem, we could do a Removal and > Repair workshop at the Maxton, NC rally this spring. > > Shane Fedeli > 85PT40 > Hershey, PA > > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary" > wrote: > > > > Another question comes to mind, 2 of our suburban heaters are > > squealing, is there a way to lubricate them? Where? how? > > Rose Mary > > 82 FC Side bath > > in Nevada > > > squealing suburban heater - one_dusty_hoot - 12-01-2006 01:42 Tom, Great find, Thanks Much. Bob Janes, Greenville, SC --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Tom Warner wrote: > > And here is the rest of the story as some old fellow always says > (what IS his name??). Here is all of the manuals you will probably > need to service your appliances in the coach. > > http://www.bryantrv.com/sitemap.html > The one for your furnace I believe is a NT-16SW which is in my 1985 > PT40. http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/ntseries.pdf > http://bryantrv.com/docs2/docs/ntseries.pdf > > tom warner > vernon center,ny > 1985 PT 40 > > > > At 05:52 AM 11/30/2006, you wrote: > >Hi Rosemary, > > > > All of mine used to squeal- it is the blower fan bearings. If you > >can pull the furnaces out of your coach and remove the motors- drill > >a small 1/16" hole in the fan housings beside the shafts (one comes > >out the front and one comes out the rear) on the motor. This will > >allow you to put some 3-in-1 electric motor oil into the sealed > >bearing. Usually, it will not run down the shaft past the seals, so > >you cannot just lube the shaft, you have to drill the holes too. > > > > This is a pretty advanced opearation for the shadetree mechanic. > >The whole back end of the furnace has to be disassembled in order to > >remove the fan motor and you have to be very careful not to damage > >any of the gaskets that prevent CO from getting into the coach from > >the exhaust side of the furnace. You may also consider just replacing > >the unit with a newer, more efficient one from camping world. They > >should last 10 years or so with no squealing. > > > > If anyone else is having this problem, we could do a Removal and > >Repair workshop at the Maxton, NC rally this spring. > > > >Shane Fedeli > >85PT40 > >Hershey, PA > > > >--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Rose Mary" > > wrote: > > > > > > Another question comes to mind, 2 of our suburban heaters are > > > squealing, is there a way to lubricate them? Where? how? > > > Rose Mary > > > 82 FC Side bath > > > in Nevada > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >