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19Fordy · 03-07-2019, 10:41 AM

Just a reminder. A very old fan blade,depending on it's condition, may have microscopic flaws that over the years have caused the fan blades to work harden due to flexing billions of times. You can still see the repair welding on the underside of my hood where the original fan blade went thru the hood in and radiator in 1971 while I was standing in the line of fire. Very lucky. Not balancing a fan can comeback to kill you. I didn't modify the blades. It just flew apart.

03-07-2019, 10:41 AM	#13
19Fordy Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Coral Springs FL Posts: 10,919	Re: Fan Blade Clearance? Just a reminder. A very old fan blade,depending on it's condition, may have microscopic flaws that over the years have caused the fan blades to work harden due to flexing billions of times. You can still see the repair welding on the underside of my hood where the original fan blade went thru the hood in and radiator in 1971 while I was standing in the line of fire. Very lucky. Not balancing a fan can comeback to kill you. I didn't modify the blades. It just flew apart. Last edited by 19Fordy; 03-07-2019 at 10:51 AM.