On Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:48:35 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:

Not to get into a "wo is me" contest, but my inducer fan was
$290 retail.

Hope you can afford the replacement, and that you've got
someone to install it. I've been able to oil bearings on
fans, before. Might work, for you.
Mine was $340 and out of stock when the blower wheel started to
squeak. I ended up brazing the blower wheel to the hub - which stopped
the squeak - after having dissassembled the motor and cleaned and
lubed and replaced the bearings trying to chase down the squeak.

That was something like 6? years ago.