Beware Of Flex Fans!

thdrcat · 11-17-2002, 04:58 AM

they CAN and WILL JUMP OUT AND BITE YOU.

thought this was a cool picture. note what is behind me. my STANG!

the moral of the story is there is a reason those things say WARNING: SHARP EDGES all over the box.

MEDIK418 · 11-17-2002, 05:29 AM

Ouch!

I hate it when that happens. My youngest son has a really nasty scar on his forearm where he got up against the alternator pulley fan while the engine was running.
He was so embarrassed by it that he hid it till it healed up. It wasn't that he hit the fan, but that he hit it four times that day and that was why the scar is so big.

Coupe Devil · 11-17-2002, 01:51 PM

Holy enduring pain Batman, My arms are so cut up and scarred from wrenching on cars its not funny. I wont ever be able ot rob a liquir store in short sleeves, clerk be all like just look for the guy with the messed up arms.

Bradley

DAN-MAN · 11-17-2002, 03:56 PM

OUCH! That looks like it hurts really bad.

Daniel.

stangsrule · 11-18-2002, 03:26 PM

When I installed mine I was bleeding all over, had like a dozen cuts all over my hands and arms...

Then the darn thing came apart on me a few months later and took out a brand new radiator, my hood, overflow bottle, fan clutch, shroud and several other things resulting in about $2000 worth of damage. Flex fans suck! Do yourself a favor and save up for an electric fan.

11-17-2002, 05:29 AM	#2
MEDIK418 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 1999 Location: Amarillo, Texas, USA Posts: 780	Ouch! I hate it when that happens. My youngest son has a really nasty scar on his forearm where he got up against the alternator pulley fan while the engine was running. He was so embarrassed by it that he hid it till it healed up. It wasn't that he hit the fan, but that he hit it four times that day and that was why the scar is so big. __________________ 1986 four-eyed LX coupe, 358 Cleveland, Tremec TKO600/centerforce clutch, dish cut Probe forged pistons, comp cams hyd.roller cam, .579/.588@224/230, Edel.performer, 670 holley street avenger, CPR custom built long tubes, ported and polished 4bbl heads, manley valves, beehive springs, MSD peo-billet dist/MSD6AL, fluidamper, 5 lug conv. with 17x8 bullits there's more but it's still not finished yet. Oh, and the oldest boy is turning his 89 GT into a FFR cobra this next summer.

11-17-2002, 01:51 PM	#3
Coupe Devil Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 1,643	Holy enduring pain Batman, My arms are so cut up and scarred from wrenching on cars its not funny. I wont ever be able ot rob a liquir store in short sleeves, clerk be all like just look for the guy with the messed up arms. Bradley __________________ 1990 GT, 347, TFS TW Heads, TFS Cam, TFS Track heat, Twin turbos, FMIC, T5. Built Ford Tough Moderator

11-17-2002, 03:56 PM	#4
DAN-MAN Confederate Cowboy Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southeast Missouri Posts: 546	OUCH! That looks like it hurts really bad. Daniel. __________________ DAN-MAN RHC MEMBER #25

11-18-2002, 03:26 PM	#5
stangsrule Registered Member Join Date: May 1999 Location: Indiana Posts: 512	When I installed mine I was bleeding all over, had like a dozen cuts all over my hands and arms... Then the darn thing came apart on me a few months later and took out a brand new radiator, my hood, overflow bottle, fan clutch, shroud and several other things resulting in about $2000 worth of damage. Flex fans suck! Do yourself a favor and save up for an electric fan. __________________ 92GT Lowered with Ebiach's and Koni's, Kenny Brown subframe connectors, lower G-brace and jacking rails. BBK upper and lower control arms, polyurethane bushings all around and Ken Bell blower, ram-air, 80mm mass air, SMC Alky Injection kit, J&S Knock Gaurd, TwEECer RT and a bunch of other stuff!

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