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On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 00:30, Hal Sullivan wrote: > At 10:05 PM 6/3/04, daveb wrote: > >I've found that the rivets that hold the fan to the > >hub are loose. Has anybody experienced this? Is it possible to reset the > >rivets or should I look for a new fan? How difficult is it to get the fan > >back onto the crankshaft? > > I've never experienced it myself, but have seen it happen. I don't *think* it's > a repairable situation, but Russ should be able to say for sure. No, they are not repairable. The fan is mounted to the hub with a bonded rubber donut. Just like domestic, the fan works like a harmonic balancer. If the rubber goes bad, there is no fix. Contact the DDB for a good used one. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org