fan ripped right off 3.0!!!!
01-31-2007, 11:29 AM
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fan ripped right off 3.0!!!!
Hey guys i was driving yesterday and i start hearing a grinding noise from under the hood. All of the sudden i hear this terrible noise and then all the acessory light s light up and no power steering. Right away i thought i blew a belt. So i pull over and look down and the whole fan and where it bolts to tore off!!! WTF!!! then i notice a huge hole in my radiator. What happened?
thats nuts....
01-31-2007, 11:39 AM
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happens with those 3.0 fans. they become brittle and start to crack eventually flying apart taking out hoses, radiators, your hood, whatever gets in the way
01-31-2007, 01:22 PM
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Wow thats scary!! I'd take this opportunity to upgrade to a Flexalite 165 electric fan. Don't waste your time with another clutch driven one.
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01-31-2007, 02:44 PM
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took another look at it and it looks like a bearing went bad on the place where the fan bolts to. I think it is the fan pulley bracket. Anyway i just ordered a flex-a-lite 165 fan and i am going to put it in tommorow. Well i also had to buy a new radiator, 186.00 new electric fan, 253.00 to get it overnighted, and new belts for the a/c and alternator, don't know how much they will be. And a bunch of agrivation. All because of some bearing on a cheesey metal bracket(that by the way i called toyota and they want 798.00 for
) I hope that the electric fan will keep things cool, i have a auto tranny and a/c.
) I hope that the electric fan will keep things cool, i have a auto tranny and a/c.
01-31-2007, 03:14 PM
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Similar thing happend to me. My fan pully bracket bearings went bad luckily I caught it before it went to pieces. The flex-a-lite will keep you plenty cool. The stealership was asking about that same price when I talked to them, its because they dont really make that piece anymore. You can find alot of them cheap on Ebay.
01-31-2007, 03:23 PM
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X2, not sure what year you have but here's one for 88-92 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/88-92...QQcmdZViewItem
You will probably still need one even with the e-fan, unless you get some different drive belts and bypass those idler pulleys.
You will probably still need one even with the e-fan, unless you get some different drive belts and bypass those idler pulleys.
01-31-2007, 03:29 PM
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X2, not sure what year you have but here's one for 88-92 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/88-92...QQcmdZViewItem
You will probably still need one even with the e-fan, unless you get some different drive belts and bypass those idler pulleys.
You will probably still need one even with the e-fan, unless you get some different drive belts and bypass those idler pulleys.
01-31-2007, 03:37 PM
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Similar thing happend to me. My fan pully bracket bearings went bad luckily I caught it before it went to pieces. The flex-a-lite will keep you plenty cool. The stealership was asking about that same price when I talked to them, its because they dont really make that piece anymore. You can find alot of them cheap on Ebay.
01-31-2007, 03:44 PM
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long story. I got stuck in a huge mud pit. My truck was acting weird and i was at work one day about to leave for home when I heard a crunching kind of noise. I looked under the hood and my fan was spinning kinda side to side. It would correct itself for a few moments then act up again. I took it all apart and found bad bearings in the idler pully. My guess is i got some good dirt mixed into the bearings that eventualy wore the bearing out. If you do any offroading i would suggest getting a electric fan to protect against this and also keep you cooler.
01-31-2007, 04:19 PM
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hey guys can i just take the whole pulley bracket off? or cut it down, i know i will need new smaller belts because of the missing fan pulley. does anyone have a pic with the pulley bracket off? can i just make a piece of steel with a plasma cutter kind of like a block off plate?
