<VV>Fan hub bearing

[Frank DuVal]

Tony Underwood wrote:

> At 07:38 hours 10/10/2006, Padgett wrote:
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>> Am told (I can't feel it) that my fan hub bearing is getting rough. 
>> Is this the sort of thing that suddenly scatters parts or tends to 
>> "fail soft", making increasing amounts of noise.
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>> Need to decide whether to replace before or after an 80 mile excusion.
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> They usually get really bad, loose enough to scrape the fan on the 
> shroud, before they catastrophically fail.    I've had 'em get loose 
> enough to rattle and chatter but none have ever actually come 
> apart.      ...yet.
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> tony..  
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But I have had the early model (smaller bearing) spit the ball bearings 
at me. When that happens it is close to time to change the bearing!

Frank DuVal