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How do you "lock up" the fan with cable ties?

Nobby22
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02 Dec 2011 17:35 #27074 by Nobby22

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Hi all

This is realy part of the following thread
www.bigjimny.com/index.php?option=com_ku...7&id=25643&Itemid=75
I thought i would ask in case there is some one who knows but has not seen the above thread. Basically i want to know how to use cable ties to lock the viscous fan so i runs all the time and thuss determine if it has brocken. I just carnt work out how to do it. Anyone done this before?
Thanks

Nobby

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02 Dec 2011 19:20 #27079 by mlines

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Personally I took the viscous fan off, opened up the case, let the oil escape then jammed the unit with cardboard and bolted it back together.

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05 Dec 2011 16:29 #27309 by Nobby22

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Thanks Martin. I realy didnt want to have to take it all apart, not yet anyway :unsure:

. I have been told it can be done with cable ties. I had a go at the weekend but with no luck.
Any one else know how or done it before.

p.s. when i start the engine from cold should it start with a noticeable "roaring" sound and then slowly die away to a more normal tone?

Nobby

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05 Dec 2011 18:21 #27314 by rjd1

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fit tie`s round fan blade and metal housing do each blade in turn
quite easy once you get started
will try an get pic`s in daylight but no much o that the now drive to work in the dark an home in the dark

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05 Dec 2011 18:45 #27320 by Nobby22

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rjd1 wrote: fit tie`s round fan blade and metal housing do each blade in turn
quite easy once you get started
will try an get pic`s in daylight but no much o that the now drive to work in the dark an home in the dark

Cheers mate. I was going to pm you seeing as it was you who first sugested it

. When you say metal housing do you mean the actual viscous clutch bit or the shaft it spins on . Sorry for my lack of understanding but i think i might be misunderstanding how the whole fan works :blush:
Thanks
Nobby

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05 Dec 2011 21:46 #27344 by v8dougie

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Nobby22 wrote: p.s. when i start the engine from cold should it start with a noticeable "roaring" sound and then slowly die away to a more normal tone?

Nobby

Yes it should! If it is doing this then I would have thought it is operating correctly.

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