Hey guys, I need to replace my blower motor as the bearing is loose and its making crazy noise. Do you guys have recommendations for aftermarket brands? OEM is about $160, while aftermarket is around $60.

I was thinking about getting this TYC one:

 

That's one of those few components that I will use almost literally ANY brand. It's really hard to screw up the manufacturing on a single-wound DC motor. However I do like to plug it in before installation and verify it's actually spinning. If it feels like it's really imbalanced while running then take your existing squirrel cage fan off the old one and put it on the new one. That plastic squirrel cage is the only part that can get "screwed up" during manufacturing and they're sometimes a little off-balance while running.

Just take off the nut and pull them off by hand or with a flatblade screwdriver under it to leverage it off if you do need to swap them.

 

Got it! Thanks Cleric you're really helpful.