Barley Crusher - Hangs up

[Surly]

Hi

Every now and then while crushing a grain bill, my Barley Crusher will stop grabbing the grain. It is almost like a hole, or cave may have formed right above the rollers and for awhile there is no resistance to my turning the crank.

Like no grain is going through the rollers.

I bang on the sides of the hopper but I am uncertain if that makes a difference. Same if I reverse my cranking.

In any case, anybody else have this happen? It has become frustrating for me.

 

[mkultra69]

This just happened to me. What was happening in my case was the undriven roller was not spinning. All it took was a good deep clean and it was back to new. I took every thing apart, cleaned the bearings and the shafts, and reassembled with a very light film of vegetable oil. Works great now.

 

[jarrman00]

+1 on taking apart and cleaning the BC.

Cleaning got mine up and working great again in under 20 minutes.

 

[Surly]

Well, this makes sense. I have not cleaned mine since I bought it many, many batches ago.

Thanks for the advice.