I'm finally starting to get somewhat back to normal... maybe 
During last summer's trip there was quite a fan clutch discussion as I
changed a couple of them along the way.
Part of that discussion was me sending the old clutch for disection.
Unfortunately I screwed up and lost address, etc. of the disection volunteer
[g]. I have it sitting on the bench and if you're still game please email me
the address and I'll get it out next week.
In the meantime, a fan clutch update.
On that same trip last summer I had one more failure on the trip home. I
wasn't worried as I had 2 spares with me. Little did I know... I stopped in
a Rest Area to make the switch and disaster struck. My new spares were
perfectly matched except that the fan mounting hub was just a smidgeon too
big and hence a 'no fit'. We made sure of bolt pattern, but nobody thought
ro measure clearance to slide the flange (???) through the center of the
fan.
Now I was stuck with the one that had just failed and the one that failed a
few thousan miles previously. That particular one had been sitting face down
in the coach for a little more than a week. During that week the temperature
in the coach probably reached 100+ a few times (Bakersfield, CA). That's the
one I reinstalled. All I can suppose is that it rejuvinated itself by
resettling the goop inside. Perhaps the extreme temperature helped. Not
sure, but it's still on the coach some 10k+ later.
Does this mean a fanclutch can be 'repaired' by sticking it in an oven? Who
knows. I don't have any plans to try it I just make sure my spare is of
the fittting kind [g].
And so it goes....
Heinz
Langley, BC
www.bytedesigns.com/gmc
During last summer's trip there was quite a fan clutch discussion as I
changed a couple of them along the way.
Part of that discussion was me sending the old clutch for disection.
Unfortunately I screwed up and lost address, etc. of the disection volunteer
[g]. I have it sitting on the bench and if you're still game please email me
the address and I'll get it out next week.
In the meantime, a fan clutch update.
On that same trip last summer I had one more failure on the trip home. I
wasn't worried as I had 2 spares with me. Little did I know... I stopped in
a Rest Area to make the switch and disaster struck. My new spares were
perfectly matched except that the fan mounting hub was just a smidgeon too
big and hence a 'no fit'. We made sure of bolt pattern, but nobody thought
ro measure clearance to slide the flange (???) through the center of the
fan.
Now I was stuck with the one that had just failed and the one that failed a
few thousan miles previously. That particular one had been sitting face down
in the coach for a little more than a week. During that week the temperature
in the coach probably reached 100+ a few times (Bakersfield, CA). That's the
one I reinstalled. All I can suppose is that it rejuvinated itself by
resettling the goop inside. Perhaps the extreme temperature helped. Not
sure, but it's still on the coach some 10k+ later.
Does this mean a fanclutch can be 'repaired' by sticking it in an oven? Who
knows. I don't have any plans to try it
I just make sure my spare is ofthe fittting kind [g].
And so it goes....
Heinz
Langley, BC
www.bytedesigns.com/gmc
