Rick,i check my wifes every year
you know,just to make sure all is well
good call though,ill bet not many of us do it,me included
You are a good man Senior Bandit...I am sure your wife appreciates the extra efforts
Pretty straight forward. I could have probably removed the fan without pulling the radiator completely back, but I didn't want to risk damaging it with a slipped wrench or something.
I purchased a wheel stud as I mentioned, and I cut off the non-threaded tip, ground it smooth, and also ground an 18mm Hex onto the round end--pretty proud of myself as I eye-balled that one.
I only had the impact gun set to like 35lbs...it took nothing to pop it off. There was barely enough pressure/flow to turn the gun.
I cleaned up the spindle with some 400 grit. I might go ahead and remove the plastic from the old fan flange to just see what is under there.
Again, I was amazed at how much cracking was on the inside of the fan, but it was undetectable from a quick visual of the front flange.
here is the old on the left, new on the right...