Bushing appears to be hard plastic, same diameter as auger housing (of course), but approximately 1.5 inches long with a hole in the center for the auger-to-motor connection to slide through. All videos I've watch on YouTube show it as fairly loose in the opening and easy to remove, but mine is really tight and I am out of ideas on how to free it up.
Ignore the cotter pin. Previous owner put that in, so I am ordering a replacement auger motor bolt when I replace the auger. While it functions now, I don't like the level of rust there, so I would like to remove the auger, clean it up, treat the remaining rust, and repaint it. Trouble is, the bushing is really in there solidly. There's not a lot of room behind it to hook onto either, so I am in a tough spot trying to get it out.
Thanks. It very clearly was stored with pellets in it, outside, in the dirt (legs were missing when I got it, and it had dirt clumped up around the blower motor). It took a few hours, lots of vacuuming, and even a bit of high-pressure water to clear it all out.
Joking aside, purchase price was $40, so even with the purchase of legs ($130), new burn pot and hot rod due to rust hole in burn pot and wires chewed through on hot rod ($35), I am getting away fairly cheaply, in my opinion. A can of high-temp black paint for the outside, new gasket for the lid, and I am ready to cook.How much did they pay you to haul it away?!
AGREED, but he still needs to get rid of the motor so he don't ruin it
Of course. I had removed it once, when I was first freeing up the auger. I tried removing the fire pot and driving it from there, but I am afraid of damaging the auger housing and what little driving I did from there made no impact.
No, just be sure to remove the penetrating oil with a evaporative solvent, then wash it as best you can.
