Date:         Fri, 1 Dec 2006 21:38:07 -0800
Reply-To:     Michael Hart <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Hart <mjhart853@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Noisy bearing (?) on front heater fan
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Firstly - thanks for all the great advice regarding 'dim headlights'
- I'll be trying to clean the lenses first and adding a better ground cable
- after that, the relay & bulb upgrade
- if that's still not enough I may consider the SA grill (when they're back in stock)

On to my newest problem;
- The front heater has a squeal at speed settings 1 & 2 (seems to go away on 3)
Searching the archives, I found articles (latest from Gerard Masar 11/14/06) on this,
and it sounds like this could be a major project 
My questions are;
- Seems this is likely to be a dry fan motor bearing?
- Do I really need to remove & dismantle the heater box to get at the fan bearing?
  (this sounds like a lot of time...)
- Any idea how long the bearing could last without attention?
- Any fire danger (or other - blowing other circuits, damaging heater core....) from just continuing
  & letting it eventually fail?

Thanks in advance for your excellent advice
Mike,
'87 Westy


 
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