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Oct 4, 2014 | 11:32 PM

bluedawg

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From: anchorage ak

Well my clutch fan is wobbling, and I am going to buy a new fan assembly, curious if there's a lighter weight clutch fan out there that's a direct replacement? I don't want go Electric, but open to here any and all ideas about fan replacement, what did you use and why? It's pretty simple to buy a stock replace and might be what i do, but looking at the stock fan, from 38 years ago there might be a better mechanical option that cools as good. Flex fans? Clutch? Data/opinions?

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Oct 5, 2014 | 10:57 AM

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I'm not sure what you're asking. Apparently your fan is fine, but you need a clutch or possibly a water pump.

Oct 5, 2014 | 11:36 AM

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I'm not sure what you're asking. Apparently your fan is fine, but you need a clutch or possibly a water pump.

The clutch assembly is wobbling, if you grab the fan and shake it the whole clutch assembly moves which to me means it at bare minimum needs replace. I know most go electric, how ever I want to stay mechanical and the Gm clutch fan is a good fan, but the clutch assembly is fairly heavy for a fan, all I find on line are flex fans and stock replacements, I know nothing about flex fans. My question was and is if you've replaced your mechanical with another mechanical, what type did you use and why? Looking for a lighter rotating mass as well as not wanting to buy a clutch assembly that might have issues and come apart at 6500 rpm, seen that as a teen ager which was pretty ugly for a metal hooded car.

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Oct 5, 2014 | 12:04 PM

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I installed a 16" plastic 6 blade flex fan from Summit. it moves alot of air .

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Oct 5, 2014 | 12:45 PM

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I installed a 16" plastic 6 blade flex fan from Summit. it moves alot of air .

Does it cool as well? Why did you go flex Gary and what advantage besides reduction in rotating mass does it have?

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Oct 5, 2014 | 02:38 PM

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I went with a Flex fan on mine but it is way noisier,
Sounds like a school bus at 10,000 rpm
it cools fine but i may switch back to stock for the noise reason

Oct 5, 2014 | 02:41 PM

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I went with a Flex fan on mine but it is way noisier,
Sounds like a school bus at 10,000 rpm
it cools fine but i may switch back to stock for the noise reason

I would love to say that I wouldn't hear it, but when my clutch fan siezed up earlier this summer, it sounded like a mac truck, that was the for warning to the issues I deal with now, I did get it to free up.

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Oct 5, 2014 | 04:17 PM

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I'm still using the original clutch fan on mine. If I had to replace it I think I would stick with the stock setup.

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Oct 5, 2014 | 07:54 PM

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I'm still using the original clutch fan on mine. If I had to replace it I think I would stick with the stock setup.

Thanks.

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Oct 6, 2014 | 01:22 AM

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From: anchorage ak

OK so I went to the cookie cutter parts store and the clutch they had wouldn't fit, but I will try the other box chain stores in town to see if I can find one, corvette Alexander might also have one, but with the season closing out and my hitch at home short, I might have to go with a Flex fan for now and order the clutch.

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