Insinkerator .65 Horsepower Squeal

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Hi All,

We've got a .65 Horsepower Insinkerator, that we've had for 4 years and is about 6 years old. We bought it from a friend who was contracted to do the warranty replacement work on the batches of Insinkerators that had faulty lower seals.

He replaced the seals, sold it to us for $50 and its done a wonderful job up until a week or so ago.

When it is running it is fine, but when you turn the power off and it slows to a halt, there is a high pitched squeal for the last 2-3 seconds that the disk is turning. Is this likely to be a bearing problem, or can stuff get twisted around the drive shaft under the cutting disk.

If it is a bearing, is this a replacable item? A .65 Horsepower Insinkerator costs around $700 here, if I had to replace it with new, it would unfortunately be a Badger at $300.

Is there an easy way to dissasemble the disposal and am I likely to need new seals to put it back together without leaking.

Thanks in advance,

Regards

Nathan
 
Are you sure nothing is lodged between the disposal's shredder plate and housing? A grain of sand, tiny piece of bone etc.
 
A Bit like Minnie Mouse

That would be a pretty good description. The noise modulates up and down.

I've had my hand in there and it all feels normal. I cant see anything in the grind chamber, its all nice and clean. Its still working normally and sounds normal when running, its just when it comes to a halt.

We dont put bones through, only vegetable peelings. The dishwasher drains into the trap, not into the garbage disposal.
 
Did I hear you right

Did I hear you right 700 bucks for a disposer?Why does a disposer cost so much in A.u.If I was you just get you a Pay-pal account and find a friend to buy you one here and ship it to you..Damn I have to many and running out places for them and I cant seem to stop buying them.....
 
I think American market disposers won't work in AU because it's 220 there.

Even at the exchange rate (I think it takes two AU$ to make one US$), those disposers are way overpriced.

If you can find a Titan or a Waste King there, they might be less expensive and last much longer than a Badger.
 
Hi Guys,

Thankyou for the offer of help, our 240v is nominally 230v and runs at 50hertz instead of 60, so there are probably a few issues, with just shipping one across the Pacific.

The Exchange rate is now $1AUD buys $0.95USD, This is up from about $0.55USD 4 years ago. So the prices havent changed, so the Australian distributor must be makeing truckloads of money these days.

If its a dead loss, then we'll probably just look at removing it and converting the plumbing back to normal.

I'll keep an eye on Ebay, maybe something will turn up.

Thanks

Nathan
 
My guess would be that for most simple motors, running a 60 Hz motor at 50 Hz would simply cause it to run a bit slower, if that. Voltage is more important, and running a 220 motor at 110 could cause it to burn out.

But nothing in this post should be construed as expert electrical advice.
 
They're an American affliction.

Choice reviews them for the first time in the early 70's and other than Malleys who had a locally manufactured model until the late 70's, they've always been imported.

Waste King is available here, which is another Anaheim disposer brand, I've emailed them to find a retailer and I'll see what they come back with price wise.

I ran a sink full of vegetable peelings through last night, and it hasnt cleared the squeal. Hopefully the Chinese made option will be affordable.
 
I feel your pain. I went through two used units, one a KAid and the other a GE. The GE was off of E-Bay. Both had the same problem----bearing issues.

Ended up with a cheap re-badged In-Sink-Erator.
 
Well, I have a Titan (same as Anaheim/WasteKing and even some Kenmores) and I'm quite pleased with it. It's a 3/4 HP model and works like a charm. Hasn't jammed yet, and I've tossed it some challenges. Unfortunately the drain line from the kitchen to the main line is is undersized and shared by a bath room and the washer, and it simply can't handle a LOT of disposer action. Things like onion peels seem to overwhelm it, and it backs up into the bathtub and shower stall. But for the occasional meat scrap (which otherwise would stink up the garbage can) it's great.

The Titan I got did present something of an installation challenge (don't they all?). The placement of the drain pipe was just different enough from the old cast iron Waste King that the standard plumbing lines didn't quite fit. Wound up with a flood one morning. But I fixed that by finding some drain pipes that were just a little longer and that has done the trick. The other problem is that one of the captive brass nuts for the drain fitting was clogged with some phenolic plastic that apparently leaked over during mfg. After fussing with it a while, I broke out my set of metric taps and chased the threads in the fitting. That was very easy once I figured out what the problem was. It cleared out the bit of plastic from the internal threads and everything went together just fine.
 

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