I have an older Harvester with no bronze bushing. After many winters of use, both my shaft and factory steel bushing are shot. Has any body had to re-bush their stove before? I believe I will have to cut a hole through the side to be able to get at it. Any info would be great. Thanks,

What model is it??
We sell Harvester and I don't remember the
shaft hole being hard to get at.
olf20 / Bob

I had the same thing happen. Mine seized up completely. Toughest thing is getting it apart. I think I have a write-up of this in the old forum but I can't find it. Basically what you need to do is:

1. Remove the stir motor and chain
2. Remove gear on the end of the stir rod
3. Remove burn pot and stir rod - you may have to use a small pipe wrench to turn it enough to get it to be vertical for removal
4. Remove set-screw collar from remaining shaft
5. Drive shaft out with hammer/any other method you can come up with
6. Use emery cloth/sandpaper on the shaft and inside of the 'bushing'.
7. Trial fit to make sure everything goes back together without binding. Took me 2-3 times on this step to get it cleaned up enough.
8. Re-assemble!

I don't know how close your stove is to the Countryside but the stirrer drive should be close enough that these should give you something to go by.

www.americanenergysystems.com/Stock/Libr...zeBushingInstall.pdf


www.americanenergysystems.com/Stock/Libr...rershaftbushings.pdf

www.americanenergysystems.com/Stock/Libr...ousingAlignment1.pdf

I have a HR-01 serial #1432. I believe that I bought new in 2002-3?

My shaft has seized in the past also. What I had done is clean both the shaft and bushing, then on the shaft I placed washers coated in graphite neverseize, and snugged them up to act as thrust bearings.

This worked at keeping my shaft fairly straight for a few years. Right now my "bushing" is so wore that the drive is running crooked no matter what I do. I need to replace the chain, sprokets, and drive because of the wear from running this way, and when I do I would like to fix this problem. I can not access the "bushing" with a drill from outside the stove, unless I bore a hole in the side panel. My hope is to be able to drill/ream out the factory "steel bushing" and replace with some kind of replaceable bronze bushing. What do you think? Anyone had any like ideas?
Thanks.