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| protrooper
 |  "Blower out of balance?"
, posted Thu 21 Aug 19:06:  
I have a Carrier 58PAV furnace and my blower makes a loud rattling noise when its on. An A/C tech came out an told me that it was unbalanced and the best thing would be to run it until it dies and replace it.
Not that I believe it's good advice but I don't see it dying anytime soon and it is really loud.
The blower shaft doesn't wobble when the blower is on but the blower does vibrate intensely. Is there anything I can do to fix it?
[this message was edited by protrooper on Thu 21 Aug 19:07] |
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| djgilbert
| "Re(1):Blower out of balance?" , posted Thu 21 Aug 19:27
If it is out of balance, you need to replace it now, before it takes the blower bearings out and then have to repalce that also.
Don
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| | yuri
| "Re(3):Blower out of balance?" , posted Thu 21 Aug 21:42:
The motor mounts may be broken or the squirrel cage is coming apart. Pull the blower out and see if there is any paper/sock or other debris which may have got sucked in and cause it to be off balance. Give it a good spin to see if it is off balance and check the hub/fins for looseness. That tech is a idiot, excess vibration will kill the circuit board.
Yuri
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| | acefurnacefxr
| "Re(5):Blower out of balance?" , posted Fri 22 Aug 21:36
NOW call the assholes back that was out there and demand your money back.........the lazy bastards (was the named tinner ?) should have fixed it right the first time!
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