HVAC Pullers are not Needed! With Anti DIY HVAC (Ted Cook)

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[markbeiser]

I use a puller occasionally, but it certainly isn't my go to method, just an option in the tool box.

[kyleh]

You know why I use a puller? Because I know it'll work. Some of the other methods used might not, then you've wasted that time and end up breaking out the puller anyway.

[HERITAGEWV]

I’ve done countless motor change outs. Both with and without using a puller. Only advice I have against using a puller is DO NOT mess up the threads on the hub for your set screw. Other than that I’ve never had a issue

[jamesfitzsimmons]

Show us the video of how he’s removing the tough ones

[Arvizu]

He just stuck in his ways that’s all let him. What’s a min or two to pull it out of your truck As long it gets the job done

[joshmassaro]

Get you a couple nice seized up blowers you heat one up and I'll use my puller. I can guarantee I will be done first.

[AustinAirCo]

Get stuck in *traffic* imagine all the time up in smoke. I use a puller, because one time early in my HVAC career, I mushroomed out the shaft of the blower tapping it. I take the time to take the blower out of the attic too. Oh my there's another 5 mins. I'm not a drag racer, so maybe that's the difference? I am fast off the line, but you don't get paid to win a race. You get paid to fix it. I've been pulling blower wheels for almost 29 years now, not to brag anyone with tenacity could do it. 😀

[greg]

Most of the time you don’t need a puller unless it’s a rust box

[sammiches]

I use a puller the fastest way possible that God didn't intend. I use the forbidden impact driver, and it takes me maybe a minute to set up. If I don't need it, I won't break it out, but in commercial HVAC, mechanical issues are more common than any other, and each issue is exaggerated. I run across a lot of those "rare" situations that require these pullers because the machines I work on are run into the ground. Usually, the bearings have exploded out the bottom of the blower housing, and the puller is 1% of my job time since I have to wrestle the entire thing out of a 10 year old York anyway.

[timothywalch]

I've been doing an HVAC work for over 30 years and only one time that I need a puller and that's because the motor shaft was so running rusted it was swelled and there was no chance of doing it anyway even with a polar wouldn't have gotten it off so I ended up replacing the fan and the motor and that's after 30 years of HRAC work

[MikeThompson-vztr]

My tech guy says I need a new blower motor for my WaterFurnace 5 series unit. They say it costs $3200, does that sound about right?

[bruceglisson]

He’s never worked on the beach around salt air

[tinaed]

You can't teach an old dog a new trick

[TeamTaur]

Use the puller if needed.. I think he's lying tho

He's sayin he has EVERY PULLER. And he says he does not use pullers at all and they are a waste of time.
But he has a COLLECTION of pullers...??
Sounds like he has spent alot of time and money using pullers.

I bet he keeps one of his 10 pullers in the truck at all times 😀

I used a puller for the first time. Setting it up took 30 seconds. Only way it could be a timely thing is of u are not pulling the blower housing.

Idk seems like a nonsense topic...

Host: next up, should we use keys on doors.

Born before 1970 : I have tons of keys- 24 right cher on my hip in fact... takes too long to go through em. I mean u got a winda ova there, a brick over here, I mean it take too long to pick out a key and implement it on the door.

Born in after 1980: the door was locked, so i did use a key to open it... it ain't take long, am i missing something, I don't see the prolllem. If the door was not locked, id juat open it. If it was locked, Ida opened it with the assist of a key. Sometime I put the key in the door to discover the deadbolt was not even engaged... O'well guess I wasted 5 seconds in hindsight.