Replace fan clutch with spacer help
08-05-2012, 10:22 PM
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I couldn't get them on other wise.
I have always wondered about that. It is one of the curiosities of nature. When you tighten them unmodified, they end up even and function as lock washers. However, if you even the ends before tightening, then they are not lock washers. When installed, they are exactly the same either way.
Another curiosity of nature is how eating a five ounce cheese cake can make you gain several pounds. This just defies the laws of nature!
I have always wondered about that. It is one of the curiosities of nature. When you tighten them unmodified, they end up even and function as lock washers. However, if you even the ends before tightening, then they are not lock washers. When installed, they are exactly the same either way.
Another curiosity of nature is how eating a five ounce cheese cake can make you gain several pounds. This just defies the laws of nature!
08-06-2012, 07:58 AM
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08-06-2012, 08:10 AM
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The "split" tends to bite into the fastener head and the fastened part if the fastener tries to loosen.
The split lock washer also provides TENSION on the threads of the fastener and this also keeps the fastener from loosening.
08-06-2012, 09:01 AM
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Better still, just go buy a new fan clutch.
Last edited by MikeM; 08-06-2012 at 09:04 AM.