How To: Take Apart A Blower Motor And Wheel For A Repair

Step by step walkthrough on taking apart a furnace or air handler blower housing. Some parts might differ between manufacturers but the steps are the same.

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[WorldofHVAC]

Let me know if there are any topics that I can cover for you!

[waterford]

this guy reminds me of chris the car guy. straight to the point, clear and helpful thanks bro

[fixitortearituprealgood]

Thanks man, helped me out a bunch, had a bad wheel, rusted up, and was vibrating.

[dustinlewis]

Nice video... Straight to the point and no BS!

[FloatLikeButter]

Definitely helped me out. I just need to find where to buy the motor

[humrod]

Are those squirrel cages repairable? How do you know when it's gone bad? I mean aside from it being noisy. Aren't they always noisy and just vary between being noisy and noisier and eventually noisiest? Thanks for the video...straight to the point! Except this was more about replacement vs. repair no? Again, thank you.

[jacksandray]

My inside unit is making a low/deep banging sound (like a constant, medium pace bang on sheet metal) the sound is near where the squirrel box “blower” is located. Any advise would be greatly appreciated!

[rogelioabraham]

Mine is making a screechy rattling noise. Don't trust myself to take it apart if it's something I can do with unit still on. I'm thinking it's just hitting against something but I'm not sure

[Rojs]

@WorldofHVAC,
Great video, @WorldofHVAC. I did almost exactly that but now I have a bit of vibration. The wall adjusent to the blower motor assembly is slighly rattles. Before placing wheel back i spun the wheel by hand and it was not perfect spin. It was a little off . Any thoughts? Is it motor shaft is bent or wheel?

[Feefifofum]

Looks identical to mine. Issue is having is after flame ignites but before you hear the blower kick on you hear this thunk sound one time then one more time after it kicks on then no more the rest of the time. Sometimes louder than others, it’s 100% coming from that blower and wheel but it kinda sounds like it is rubbing real quick sorta thing. Maybe out of balance? Any idea?

[grandtheftavocado]

I have a Comfortmaker PGS442090KGP01C and was wondering if I can just remove the blower wheel by following your steps to sand the motor shaft and then remove the set screw and pull it out for cleaning. I would rather not have to remove extra stuff if I don't need to do so.

[bigd]

What's the issue with using a convex blower wheel vs concave? thx

[Frandalicious]

Took mine out, the motor had slipped Out of the housing groove. How do I keep this from happening again ?

[themrmoy]

where can I buy that blue wheel puller tool., thanks

[J.B.]

Howvdo I identify the wheel? I have a part number but nothing comes up online.

[mikems]

I have a RUUD furnace UGDA-125A-GR I can't find a blower motor. Any suggestions.

[dolfinwriter]

One criticism that I have of almost every video on the Internet. You are mirror flipped, so when you say righty-tighty, leftie-loosie, you are APPEARING TO BE turning to the right to loosen. Follow? Then when you held up the WD40 can I was certain. You just might confuse somebody that doesn't have a lot of experience wrenching.

[davidferia]

I couldn't even keep looking at the video after seeing that gang flag in the background.. Im out ...

[timothylloyd]

suggestion, remove that BS flag before you try to educated us.

[drillmusik]

What kinda tool was that to take the blower off