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pgchin · (This post was last modified: 02-13-2013 12:53 by pgchin.)

(02-11-2013 21:38)Arcticdude Wrote: Well, hopefully with only ~1000 hours on mine I've got a long time before I have to worry about it! That's good info to know!

It's an "age" thing, not an"hours" thing. Meaning, the grease in the sealed bearing dries out over time and then failure of the bearing and stator and armature contact is imminent! Also the aging insulation and road dust doesn't help. Me I am waiting until next year, then I am going to replace it as a "maintenance" deal as my travel plans this year do not call for extended use of the genny. Yes, no way to check you need to pull it BUT make sure that blower fan on the back of the genny head is working, you can use a mirror and see the squirrel fan moving, it not then do that and the bearing now! :-)