How to lubricate fan bearings in furnace?
So in our 27-year-old Winnebago Warrior, we have a Suburban NT30KLT furnace. In the last couple of years, the first time it fires up you can hear the fan bearing squalling a bit and then it quiets ...
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mike-s wrote:wolfe10 wrote:A bushing IS a bearing, of a specific type, AKA "plain bearing", "sleeve bearing", etc. Bushings are bearings, but not all bearings are bushings. (ignoring suspension bushings which are completely different)
First, the fan has BUSHINGS, not bearings.
Mike,
Thanks for the terminology correction. When most people talk about lubing bearings I suspect they are picturing what I was referring to as bearings.
What would be the proper term for them to understand that these are "sleeve bearings". Not sure that term is widely known.
