Taking out the burn pot

[Tinytim]

I have probably taken out the burn pot on my furnace dozens of times since I got it and it's always been a treat. Anyone who has this furnace probably knows what I'm taking about.

Last night I was taking it out and had the idea of taking off the front door while it was still in the furnace. Wow! It was so much easier than what I had been doing.

In the past I would extend the top plate, pull it out, pull back its actuator, extend the pusher, fight to get it out, pull back its actuator, then take the burn pot out as a whole unit with the front door still on.

What I did this time was extend both actuators a bit, detach and remove the front door, with the front door off I have plenty of room to get the top plate and pusher out. Then I can take out the burn pot.

I'm now thinking I was doing it wrong from the beginning

[cheapheat]

I think you may have stumbled into something there. The only 2 things that may go wrong is the actuators are out to far. Not a bigger deal move them. The other issue would be the gasket on the door being damaged during the removal, handling and installing the door back on. I give it a try when I have to clean the unit in about a week or so.
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[maccorn]

I don't think "treat" is the right word, but I know what you mean. It takes me 3 hours to clean this stove inside and out, not something i look forward to. I don't see how taking the front door off of the stove is going to help. I have an early stove and maybe there is a change in design that I don't have. I would have to take the whole stove apart to make it any easier to remove the firepot. I am sure that the engineers ears are ringing every time i clean this stove, a person needs to be a contortionist or have an extra eye and hand to be able to dismantle and reassemble the firebox and its actuators. But it is a great stove and the company has always been there to help when needed. Mac
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[doug martin]

I also have an older model stove. Some one posted this same subject earlier, I looked at it carefully and also came to the conclusion that it would be just one more thing to add onto the cleaning duties. I personally don't have a problem removing the pot or the top plate. You still would have to move the actuators one way or the other. the one I thing I learned is when I move the burn pot, don't move it all the way out, just half way. So what if you can remove them both at the same time. It's not that big a deal that I can see. I also use the door to clamp a portible droplight onto so can see inside a little better. I must be missing something. I agree with maccorn.

[Tinytim]

I'll take some pictures next time I clean it. I'll probably get to it this weekend, it's been getting so warm out I haven't used it much the past couple weeks.

By front door, I am referring to the front part of the burn pot, not the door with the glass.

[lowcostheat]

Now I get it Tiny. The flapper door on the burn pot is the one you remove.

I couldn't get it through my head that the glass door would be in the way, but I was too foggy to ask the question.
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[doug martin]

I don't think my flapper door will separate from the burn pot. Might be a design change in later models that will allow that. My flapper door is on the back side of my burn pot. I already have shut down last night due to the higher temps and will do major clean today. I was puzzled on this topic also ( as you could see from my last post ). Thanks Tiny for setting me straight.

[doug martin]

I think I'mconfused on what every part on the burn pot assembly is called(not surprisingthough). Yesterday I shut down and did the complete clean thing.The first part I removed was the air wash "baffle" for the glass door, the next piece was the inclined "ramp". Then I slid the "top plate "about half way extended to remove it, Next I retracted the sliding pot assembly(with the flapper door) about half way in and unhooked it from the actuator. It lifted straight up and out. The next piece was the main frame pot(with the acorn nuts). From there it was all dirty work. I thought the door that was being talked about was the glass door.