Another update. I got my replacement versa grate motor. It's definately a little different model than the original that's in my stove. But before I put the new in, I felt a little frisky, so I took the original noisy motor out and did some messing around. I took out the 2 screws that hold the motor onto the mount, and took the roller out. I lubed up everything in the motor with high temp lube (the copper stuff). Put it all back together and now the thing is silent 
So for now, I'm keeping the replacement in storage incase the orignal motor really fails. This worked out great. I did notice that depending on the type of pellet, the burn definately wasn't as good as it was with the versa grate running. It definately keeps the maintenance down when the grate is running. It works fine without the grate, but I figure the less maintenance, the better.
So if any of you are considering doing this, it's very simple. The motor is very basic. I don't consider myself very mechanical, but this couldn't be much easier.
So for now, I'm keeping the replacement in storage incase the orignal motor really fails. This worked out great. I did notice that depending on the type of pellet, the burn definately wasn't as good as it was with the versa grate running. It definately keeps the maintenance down when the grate is running. It works fine without the grate, but I figure the less maintenance, the better. So if any of you are considering doing this, it's very simple. The motor is very basic. I don't consider myself very mechanical, but this couldn't be much easier.
