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Re: Electric Fans

To: pbailey@qnet.com
Subject: Re: Electric Fans
From: 007 <jmel@netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 15:02:53 -0700 (PDT)


On Wed, 18 Oct 1995 pbailey@qnet.com wrote:

> One of my electric fans on my 79 B started squealing so I 
> mentioned it to my mechanic who told me that it was the 
> bearings and I would need a new one for 80 bucks or find a 
> used one.I figured I couldn't hurt it so I took it apart to find it doesn't 
>have 
> bearings just bushings and the noise was because a snap ring on the back of 
>the 
> shaft near the armature had moved back allowing the armature to rub against 
>the 
> brushes when the fan was on I put the ring back in its slot and that fixed it 
>at 
> 0 bucks I don't know if this has been covered before but it is a simple fix 
>at 
> no cost I hope it will help someone with the same problem...
> Pat
> 79 "B"
> 

An electric fan on my '79 B makes the same noise - thanks 4 the info.  
I've been just squirting it with WD-40, which quiets it down 4 a few 
months - its nice to have a more permanent solution, tho.

Jim Mellander


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