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The sorbothane washers are toast. I think they were too compressed and they eventually just split/tore apart. Can anyone recommend a type of hanger? There is a spring type (supposedly better for low frequency vibrations) and a rubber/neoprene type which is better for high frequency vibrations...

What brand (and strength/stiffness rating) of hangers did you use? I want to make sure I get it right if I am going to have to rework things.

I used multiple combinations of sorbothane washers on the connection between the fan cage and the heater body. Ultimately what worked best was just replacing the stock rubber washers with sorbothane. However the improvement wasnt so good that I would recommend them. The reduction was very slight...

Should be here on Monday.

I will try the hangers. But first I am going to try some sorbothane washers I bought off amazon. I am going to use these as isolation between the fan 'cage' and the heater body. I think these may be better than the stock rubber washers. If that doesnt work then I will investigate the hanger...

Great solution but i don't think i can use it. This would lower my heater (which is horizontally vented) and would make my vent go from sloping downhill to sloping uphill). The wall that I vent through is very close to the heater and I dont think I could make up the drop over that short of a...

I just finished replacing the motor. It still vibrates and hums throughout the house along that outside wall where the heater is mounted. I have no idea if a different brand of heater would behave differently but I am not impressed. The new motor and fan ran very smoothly in my hand - but as...

I replaced the fan and it still vibrates. I am going to try and replace the motor now. it seems like the heater box acts as a big resonsnce box. The little vibration from the motor spinning makes the box resonate, which vibrates the roof joists, which transmit the vibration and humm all the...

Called Mr Heater today and they were great! They are going to send me a new fan and motor. As an experiment I took the motor off and ran it detached from the heater and the vibration didn't seem as bad when I was holding it. Based on how the machine vibrated with it attached I thought it would...

I checked the bolts and they are all tight. I will call Mr Heater tomorrow and see if they will ship me a new motor. We'll see what happens.

If you lost 100 lbs of propane you should have been able to detect that with a soap test. Did you test all the joints? Did you test the joint inside the heater at the control valve?

Mr Heater (Big Maxx 50) vibration problems - Update Just finished installing my big maxx 50. It is mounted directly to 2x4's (screwed to the roof joists) using the supplied brackets. i.e. it is hard mounted and not suspended. The heater works great but the vibration inside the house is pretty...