>
> I have two fans I've been doing this with for a couple of years. When the
> current one starts to make noise, I just remove it and replace it with the
> (newly oiled) spare.

    I really thought I was alone in the wilderness with this, so it's nice
to know there's a fellow economist around.


> You have to disable the power first, punch the on button once to
> drain the machine, and then get to the fans physically.
> This works best with sleeve bearings, but then again ball bearings seldom
> have this problem.
>
> I've oiled fans and had them run for years.
> If they make ANY bearing noise while running that is a bad sign.
>
> One side of the fan generally has a big sticker on it.
> Gently pull the sticker off and keep the glue side clean and oil free.
>
> There is a retainer ring (sometimes plastic) that holds the fans shaft from
> falling out the other side. For a better job, I see if I can remove that
> carefully
> and pull out the shaft. (Don't try too hard to remove shaft if a ball
> bearing model.
> I clean the shaft and bearing with oil.
> Oil bearing a little more, and put back together.
>
> Depending on the condition of the bearing it might be "good enough"...
>
> Rick Glazier
>

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