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| Posted: Sun Aug 15th, 2021 06:46 am |
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Andrew Teague Guest
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I have a nice little 79646 that I'm trying to diagnose. I'm not sure how to explain it. On medium and low, it runs smooth and quiet. On high however? You can hear metallic rubbing/ringing resonating through the blades. The rotor is shimmed perfectly in place with enough give to spin down nicely. I've tried lack of shims, shimmed forward and shimmed back, to perfectly centered shimmed. The noise doesn't stop or change. No noticeable wobble or vibration that I can see. Oscillator rod in or out makes no difference. All three speeds with the blades off sound the same. Just that little magnetic whir with the occasional rubbing of the fiber washers. I'm at a loss here. Anybody have an idea?
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15th, 2021 09:12 am |
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Mark Olson AFCA Member
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Best guess: Loose blade rivet
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15th, 2021 05:44 pm |
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Andrew Teague Guest
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I gave all of the blades rivets a good jiggle. Nothing budging.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 15th, 2021 11:13 pm |
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Andrew Teague Guest
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Here is a video of it so you can hear the sound. https://photos.app.goo.gl/QkguKtNdZu2NDrps8
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16th, 2021 08:25 am |
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Andrew Teague Guest
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Problem solved! I use o-rings as a replacement to the leather washers and on my other fans and don't want to chance messing them up, so I give them just a a slight snug which was more than adequate on other fans. This one however thought otherwise. Didn't realize this through the whole diagnosis process. Went through it again, and tightened it down even more and the noise stopped. I am both happy and annoyed that it was that simple.
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