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Hi folks, this is my first post. I've got a 5 door Expression, had if for around 12 months so far.
Last month I had a bad vibrating noise from the blower motor, I got round to fixing / hacking something together today.
I'll share my fix incase anyone had their blower motor fail in the same way. Could save a few quid compared to buying a replacement.
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I got access to the motor and pulled the plastic fan from the shaft.
Span it up, I found it useful to leave the key ignition on and the fan switch on. I controlled the motor by contacting the -ve battery terminal.
I saw that the bearing at the bottom of the moror had failed (the opposite end to the fan shaft), it was rattling around with a mm or so play.
The top bearing was looking ok... if yours is damaged this fix might not be for you... but it might be able to help in part.
I didn't have the right tools to pry back the retaining metal.
I prized off the metal casing from that end. The brass bearing was very worn and the clip that held that bearing was rust damaged.
Now is a good time to hammer the little metal retaining tabs and streighten out the end casing if it got bent, using one of those step drill bits.
I drilled out the the end casing to match the outer diametef of a skateboard bearing.
I the bearing was a tight fit and I test fitted it all together and ran the motor.
I roughed up the contacting surfaces and used epoxy glue to fix it back together. I glued one spot only of the bearing, so as to over constrain it.
It worked, and I'm quite hopeful that it will last at thest a few years.
Last month I had a bad vibrating noise from the blower motor, I got round to fixing / hacking something together today.
I'll share my fix incase anyone had their blower motor fail in the same way. Could save a few quid compared to buying a replacement.
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I got access to the motor and pulled the plastic fan from the shaft.
Span it up, I found it useful to leave the key ignition on and the fan switch on. I controlled the motor by contacting the -ve battery terminal.
I saw that the bearing at the bottom of the moror had failed (the opposite end to the fan shaft), it was rattling around with a mm or so play.
The top bearing was looking ok... if yours is damaged this fix might not be for you... but it might be able to help in part.
I didn't have the right tools to pry back the retaining metal.
I prized off the metal casing from that end. The brass bearing was very worn and the clip that held that bearing was rust damaged.
Now is a good time to hammer the little metal retaining tabs and streighten out the end casing if it got bent, using one of those step drill bits.
I drilled out the the end casing to match the outer diametef of a skateboard bearing.
I the bearing was a tight fit and I test fitted it all together and ran the motor.
I roughed up the contacting surfaces and used epoxy glue to fix it back together. I glued one spot only of the bearing, so as to over constrain it.
It worked, and I'm quite hopeful that it will last at thest a few years.