Spinning Fan is Deadly Dangerous....

[ExpeditionImports]

Hi Guys,

Just a heads up reminder. Just spoke with a customer that was sync'ing his carbs. Had his hand resting on the fan housing and lost his footing.

There was not enough left of the 3 missing fingers to re-attach them. That fan can be deadly serious......use caution. The one positive of the situation is it was NOT his thumb or index finger which to a mechanic are the most important digits......


Cheers,

Scott

[audiocontr]

ohhh man...

Someone had to go in and GET the fingers!

[TechMOGogy]

Hope he is ok - that is brutal!!!!!

[berger]

Wow!

I almost got the draw string in the hoody I was wearing once, caught in there. Scared the bejesus out of me!


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[undysworld]

Sorry to hear this news, but thanks much for posting it.

They're dangerous even if you don't stick your hand in.

FWIW, I've had my fan blade explode while I was driving. It extensively cracked the doghouse, with large shards embedded therein. When I last corresponded with Jake Raby, who to my knowledge is the only guy who balances fan blades, he was unwilling to balance a blade that had any damage due to the danger of it exploding when he spun it.

Frankly, if the doghouse is off and the engine is running for any reason, I always wear protection and keep myself out of the fans radius. I'd even prefer if I could fabricate some sort of shield... :idea:

[krick3tt]

I was fairly sure those things disintegrate as I found parts of the previous one when I was taking off metal to repaint.