Yeah that motor has integrated hands to hold onto to the blower, THE FURNACE BLOWER MOTOR geez you people and your dirty minds, there welded on so don’t damage them, there are others that are bolted on that you remove and reattach to new motor, make sure your new ordered motor has those legs welded just like your old one because sometimes after market is bare minimum, and forgot to say take pictures of where blower attaches to motor or else measure the dent in motor shaft from the bolt to get measurement for the correct blower placement in housing, you might be able to eyeball the gap all the way around after you attach motor then you can adjust blower spacing to housing so no big deal if you don’t have photos or spot where old one attached, be careful with electronic control board because sometimes they don’t sell them anymore or they can be really expensive, if something isn’t working after putting back together check the thermostat wires first before digging deeper, sometimes thermostat wires from your thermostat upstairs need to be in certain spots and sometimes there’s ports like on Lennox I know yours is Carrier, but if you haven’t moved any wires off of the control board you should be fine and maybe put a grommet on that sharp steel you mentioned, that switch is something else I would check with your multimeter if it’s not working after you put back together the switch for the door that shuts furnace off if door open but fairly easy now just replace motor after threading shaft through blower fan, FURNACE BLOWER MOTOR FAN geez people dirty minds, and make sure of gaps between housing and blower wheel Continued Success Fabrizio
Scruf : "Just gonna be a light tap to see if anything moves."
Me : "I think I saw something move." 🤣
Hey Scrufdog, thanks for posting this video. I genuinely found it very interesting. I look forward to more Scrufdog HVAC videos.
The board for my Carrier is the same correct one discontinued, but a "newer better" one fits.
If in doubt use a bigger hammer.
AT least it is just an induction motor with bad bearings, and not an expensive ecm motor that has canned out.
Have a 30 ton press at my house along with a large arbor press if you want to try to get it apart.
Light tap to see if anything moves.....whoosh 😂
I was surprised, to see how complicated it was to get to the blower motor. But you seem to have patience opposed to me.
You prefer photos over video?
I liked the attempt at percussive maintenance at the end. Lol. Shame it didn't work.
Yeah that motor has integrated hands to hold onto to the blower, THE FURNACE BLOWER MOTOR geez you people and your dirty minds, there welded on so don’t damage them, there are others that are bolted on that you remove and reattach to new motor, make sure your new ordered motor has those legs welded just like your old one because sometimes after market is bare minimum, and forgot to say take pictures of where blower attaches to motor or else measure the dent in motor shaft from the bolt to get measurement for the correct blower placement in housing, you might be able to eyeball the gap all the way around after you attach motor then you can adjust blower spacing to housing so no big deal if you don’t have photos or spot where old one attached, be careful with electronic control board because sometimes they don’t sell them anymore or they can be really expensive, if something isn’t working after putting back together check the thermostat wires first before digging deeper, sometimes thermostat wires from your thermostat upstairs need to be in certain spots and sometimes there’s ports like on Lennox I know yours is Carrier, but if you haven’t moved any wires off of the control board you should be fine and maybe put a grommet on that sharp steel you mentioned, that switch is something else I would check with your multimeter if it’s not working after you put back together the switch for the door that shuts furnace off if door open but fairly easy now just replace motor after threading shaft through blower fan, FURNACE BLOWER MOTOR FAN geez people dirty minds, and make sure of gaps between housing and blower wheel
Continued Success
Fabrizio
It might not be Scruf’s biggest fan, but was probably his most annoying (so far!)