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

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, boy. How could I forget about that plastic fan shroud. Yeah, that
thing has to go, and it isn't fun. I didn't break any of my studs,
though. ;-)

I still hold to my "you don't have to remove the radiator" line. Like
Jake, I had just replaced my radiator and did NOT want to pull it
again. I still managed to get the entire fan assembly out without
damaging anything and without disconnecting any of the radiator or
condenser lines, in much less time than it took me to remove that
radiator the first time.

-Ryan

On 5/11/05, Dave Swingle <swingle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You got it slighly out of order. Remove the fan shroud (after snapping
> off a few of the studs on the bottom of the lower grille) - Remove the
> front torsion bar, lower radiator brackets, and then the
> radiator/condenser/fan assembly all in one piece.
> 
> You should be able to "rotate" the whole assembly around the driver-
> side end so that you don't have to disconnect the freon hoses. Then
> take it apart breaking even more of those tiny screws.If you have ever
> even considered replacing the radiator, this would be a grea time to do
> it.
> 
> Plan on removing the whole grille to spot-weld some new studs across
> the bottom. Good time to upgrade that to stainless too.
> 
> Dave Swingle (continuing as the master of turning a $5 job into a $500
> job)
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