Flex fan anyone?
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Flex fan anyone?
Is anyone on here running a mechanical flex fan on their 22re? I see lc engineering has an adapter and fan combo but seeing if anyone had any cheaper fan setups on their rigs
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The fan clutch on there now is making alot of noise, I dont want it flying apart on me, I ran a regular flex fan on alot of my other vehicles in the past, and a new fan clutch is like $40 anyways so I figured I might as well upgrade. Plus I dont really want anymore electrical drain with my compressors and everything
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I would be more worried about the flex fan coming apart, since you are flexing that metal. I have never seen a fan clutch come apart, they don
t break unless something strikes them, causing a failure. Usually they will just sieze, which means your fan turns full power all the time.
t break unless something strikes them, causing a failure. Usually they will just sieze, which means your fan turns full power all the time.
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I would be more worried about the flex fan coming apart, since you are flexing that metal. I have never seen a fan clutch come apart, they don
t break unless something strikes them, causing a failure. Usually they will just sieze, which means your fan turns full power all the time.
t break unless something strikes them, causing a failure. Usually they will just sieze, which means your fan turns full power all the time.
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the metal flex-fans are built pretty sturdy though; I think they have the max RPM printed on the box of a new one, and I know they specificaly make a high RPM design (a lot thicker, more robust study blades), though it doesn't pull as much air as the other because of the smaller fan blade surface
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My uncle had a fan like that on a Monte Carlo .( I guess some kind of plastic) any way he was working on it one day and he was revving it up and the fan came apart .Some lodged in his arm ,but most of it got stuck in his gut.* True story **but hey the choice is yours.
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I've ran the metal flex fans (on my ol Monte before I switched to electric)...
it was one of the large bladed lower RPM ones, and it made a hell of a lot of noise at 5k RPMs, but I never had it explode on me or anything.
just think of the noise like this... whirling wind noise your truck makes on a hot day that get's louder with the motor RPMs, it'll do that non stop if you install one. but if that doesn't bother you, then go for it!
it was one of the large bladed lower RPM ones, and it made a hell of a lot of noise at 5k RPMs, but I never had it explode on me or anything.
just think of the noise like this... whirling wind noise your truck makes on a hot day that get's louder with the motor RPMs, it'll do that non stop if you install one. but if that doesn't bother you, then go for it!
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Hey, I forgot to say , they thought the fan MIGHT have been defective .. I guess that something to check out before buying one ..Maybe it was from it having too much horse power.. ahhh who knows
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Personally I'd just replace the clutch. Mine was whining and i replaced it. I think the only advisable upgrade is electric.. and in your case, maybe a better alternator if you worried about a fan pulling to much.
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Well I'm 95% sure the noise is coming from the fan clutch, Might just end up going electric or staying with a fan clutch, I get 20% off the replacment clutch at job number 2, I just was curious if anyone was running these on a Yota, Cause like I said my dad ran a steel one for years and I had an aluminum flex-a-lite for years on my Camaro. I guess the noise could also be coming from a bearing in the alternator as well, It started about half way home from NC last night
Heres LCs kit
http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGe...4-36F6A5C0BDC2
Heres LCs kit
http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGe...4-36F6A5C0BDC2
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I guess I could go electric too, Im looking at alternator upgrades already cause 2 compressors pull a good amount of power, plus the stereo as well
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