<VV>Fan hub bearing

[Tony Underwood]

At 07:38 hours 10/10/2006, Padgett wrote:
>Am told (I can't feel it) that my fan hub bearing is getting rough. 
>Is this the sort of thing that suddenly scatters parts or tends to 
>"fail soft", making increasing amounts of noise.
>
>Need to decide whether to replace before or after an 80 mile excusion.



They usually get really bad, loose enough to scrape the fan on the 
shroud, before they catastrophically fail.    I've had 'em get loose 
enough to rattle and chatter but none have ever actually come 
apart.      ...yet.


tony..