RE: [DML] Cooling fan fell off the motor shaft

[<rob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Actually you can fix a sheared fan roll-pin without removing anything...I
did it many times in my younger days!

1. Push the loose fan blade against the radiator and remove the broken pin
from the shaft with a pin-punch.

2. Install a 3/32 x 3/4" roll-pin using a medium size pair of water pump
(Channel-Lock) pliers. This takes a bit of skill and a lot of patience.

3. Slide a 5mm (preferably curved) horseshoe clip into the retaining slot at
the end of the shaft. Your fingers and a small blunt rod for leverage work
best for this. This is even more fun because you're working blind at this
point! 

4. Smear a dab of urethane or silicone onto the clip and fan blade to lock
it in place and you have a permanent repair. My personal best for all this
was approximately 15 minutes but armed with this knowledge I'm sure on of
the young sprouts reading this can break that record. Go for it!

Rob Grady 

-----Original Message-----
From: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
fgdavison
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 9:14 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DML] Cooling fan fell off the motor shaft

The passenger side cooling fan has slipped off the shaft of the motor.
 The hole in the motor shaft for the shear pin is plugged with the
remnants of the pin and I cannot drive a new pin through the hole.  I
can see no way to deal with this short of removing the radiator, the
lower radiator brackets and the front torsion bar in order to lower
the fan shroud.

Any suggestions?







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