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Bohdan
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 Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:38 pm Post subject: Fan Alignment |
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| Greetings. I put on my new fan on my new alternator. When I spin it, it looks like a wobbling plate. How much tolerance does this have to have? Is there a way to align it? Thanks |
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Glenn 
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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OE or aftermarket fan?
It should not wobble.
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Bohdan
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| It is a welded and balanced from cip |
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OLD VW NUT
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| Bohdan wrote: |
| It is a welded and balanced from cip |
Probably Empi.
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Glenn
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Bohdan wrote: |
| It is a welded and balanced from cip |
Send it back.
CIP sells cheap stuff and it's obviously a poor quality.
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RockCrusher
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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It might be welded but I doubt it's balanced if it wobbles. You would try to balance a tire on a bent rim would you? Likewise if they had run that on a balancer they would have seen it was junk. You can't take something that is prone to gyroscopic forces (like a bent rim or fan) and balance it.....not properly anyway.
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torsionbar
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| Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Bohdan wrote: |
| It is a welded and balanced from cip |
why?? it's a crap empi fan and it is not balanced after welding. for only 20 bucks more, you could have bought a gene berg welded and balanced fan made from a genuine vw fan, tig welded, and balanced again after welding. was it really worth saving a measly 20 bucks?? |
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puddles
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| Bohdan wrote: |
| It is a welded and balanced from cip |
why?? it's a crap empi fan and it is not balanced after welding. for only 20 bucks more, you could have bought a gene berg welded and balanced fan made from a genuine vw fan, tig welded, and balanced again after welding. was it really worth saving a measly 20 bucks?? |
well put. wish more people would spend a little more in this hobby to avoid and get rid of the junk that seems to be everywhere. |
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Glenn
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The cheapest is not aways the least expensive
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