Oscillating fan problem

BE wrote: > Hello, >

Lubricants dried / mixed with dirt turned to gum. Disassemble all of it, clean the 'goo' out and then saturate the oil pads around the self-aligning bushings with good oil, put a drop on each end of the shaft before re-assembling and you should be good to go for more years. I just did one last week and also found they didn't wire it correctly. HI and MEDIUM were swapped - not any more.

Never did it before? If you have a digital camera, take lots of pictures so you can re-assemble it as it is (was).

GG

Thanks! Great idea.

Be

Can WD-40 be used if I don't have another kind of oil?

Be

WD-40 is a mix of solvents and thick stuff. The solvents evaporate and leave the thick stuff, pretty much back where you started. If you were totally nuts, you'd use Nye Oil II - about the best synthetic light machine oil there is. The bad news is the Nye oil is about $5/oz. The latest version of 3-in-1 seems to be OK. You can get it at Home Depot.

GG

No, it is not intended as a lubricant. It is intended to displace water. It will soften thick lubricants for a short time, but if all else fails, get a couple drops of oil from the dipstick in your car.

but its important to clean the muck out first, otherwise youre just doing a bodge.

NT

Well, all that work, then it ended up getting thrown into recycling anyway. There was no much that I could see; the interior was fairly clean; I put oil on the spindle and it seemed to turn better (not too freely though). Bottom line: when I reassembled it, there wasn't even a humming noise. This thing was dead. Nonetheless, it was some father and son time with my 10 year old son. Bought a smaller unit from Home Depot for $22.

Be

If there was a capacitor inside that would be my first thought.