Bent cooling fan

Discussion in 'Small Block Tech' started by Dwayne B, Mar 20, 2018.

  1. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    My daughter bent my cooling fan, I somewhat straightened it,but don't know if I should use it or not.I'm afraid in may be out of balance, and tear my new water pump up.What do ya think .
     
  2. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    Picture please.
     
  3. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    I just put it on A H beam of steel and hammered on it.I think it straightened out pretty good . 1521585561858490451219.jpg 15215857163971780317618.jpg 1521585561858490451219.jpg 15215856314231820372665.jpg 15215857163971780317618.jpg 1521585561858490451219.jpg 15215856314231820372665.jpg 15215857163971780317618.jpg 1521585561858490451219.jpg 15215856314231820372665.jpg 15215857163971780317618.jpg
     
  4. LARRY70GS

    LARRY70GS a.k.a. "THE WIZARD" Staff Member

    I think you will be fine.
     
  5. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    My dad looked at it this evening, he said it should be ok.I was afraid it would be out of balance .I helped it A lot by hammering it on the H beam and sighting for straightness.
     
  6. Mart

    Mart Gold level member

    How'd it get bent? Your daughter run over it with her car? That's pretty heavy gauge steel, if your referring to center section.
    Bolt it up and maybe tweek it some, maybe using a 12" crescent wrench. You should get it almost perfect.
     
  7. Fox's Den

    Fox's Den 355Xrs

    looks like it it ok, throw it on
     
  8. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    I was going to wire brush it and paint it,she asked me could she help only 10 years old.I said ya ,and gave her the wire brush. I went to do something else ,and heard A beating noise .I went A looked ,she was beating it edge ways down on A piece of plywood .I asked her what are you doing, she said knocking the dirt off of it.Man I was very mad ,but later cooled down ,I thought it was my fault, I should have explained A little better.
     
  9. Mart

    Mart Gold level member

    It's probably fine.;)
     
  10. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    She bent two fan blades pretty good.I bent them back,and this evening put it on A flat peace of steel and taped with A hammer.
     
  11. 436'd Skylark

    436'd Skylark Sweet Fancy Moses!!!!!

    If it's out of balance you'll know it. They are readily available. I'd replace it
     
  12. Donuts & Peelouts

    Donuts & Peelouts Life's 2 Short. Live like it.

    I drove with a bent fan for years and I never bent it back out of ignorance. My shop professor seen it and said the balance can be thrown off, made alot of sense when he explained it. I was in a accident and I replaced all my grill, radiator (that's what bent the fan) fenders and hood. Had it looking new again.
     
  13. Donuts & Peelouts

    Donuts & Peelouts Life's 2 Short. Live like it.

    And he said bending it back would make it weaker too, but like I said I ran it for years and it was a big bend
     
  14. tubecatgs

    tubecatgs Finally a 4 speed......

    Hey, at least she wanted to help. We need the younger folks learning about our cars and carrying on our passions.... or we'll all be buried in them.
     
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  15. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    She's like me ,likes working with her hands.I got A feeling she's going to be into old cars.My son really likes my 54 Belair, so I told him when he gets older I was going to give it to him.He is 8 years old ,we was watching A movie Sunday night ,He said look daddy there's A car like mine .It was A 54 Chevy ,I told him he had A good eye .
     
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  16. Dwayne B

    Dwayne B Well-Known Member

    I got my car running yesterday, the fan is ok not out of balance .
     
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