Bryant Plus 80 noisy inducer motor

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11-10-14, 12:24 PM

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Bryant Plus 80 noisy inducer motor

Hello all...

This is my first post here. I thought I'd come see the experts

I have a Bryant Plus 80 furnace which I luckily just had the heat exchanger changed under warranty last winter after 20ish years of use. The only other issues I've needed to deal with were the ignitor (once) and furnace filters. Other than that it's been very maintenance free.

Here's a picture of the front:

Today I noticed that the inducer motor is making a bit of noise... here's a video:

Can someone point me in the right direction in regards to repairing the issue? I think I'd like to purchase a new motor (if that's what's required) and then save this one in a box as a spare. If you can point me to a replacement part number so I can search local or online that would be great.

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11-19-14, 01:23 PM

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Hey guys

I wanted to embed the video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSjmf5IYqk8&feature=youtu.be I have tracked down the part number via my serial number for the inducer motor. I just want to ask and see what your opinions are on whether you think:

1. it's just the inducer motor that would need to be replaced

2. if there are any special instructions to replacing it or it it's simply cutting the power to the furnace and unbolt the old one and bolt the new one in

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11-19-14, 10:42 PM

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it's simply cutting the power to the furnace and unbolt the old one and bolt the new one in.

That's pretty much it.
You've bought just the replacement motor. There will be a setscrew on the blower that is inside the blower housing that will need to be loosened.

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