Printable Version of Topic

Posted by: ejmetz Mar 22 2020, 03:18 PM

Hi Folks,

I am in the process of rebuilding and adding back in the cooling flaps which had been removed from the engine.

The cooling flaps work well, except for one thing. The driver's side flap seems to interfere with a nub on the fan housing, which does not allow it to close completely. Before I either cut the nub off or cut into the flap, I wanted to check with the experts to see what I might be missing. There should be no need to cut or modify anything, so I am just not sure what I am missing.

I checked other posts and although helpful on the flaps in general, I didn't find anything about this specific issue.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Posted by: jsaum Mar 23 2020, 01:22 PM

I just finished doing one of these I'll post pictures this evening of the flap and plastic bushing. If I remember correctly there's only one direction that the bushing goes on the rod.

Posted by: bbrock Mar 23 2020, 01:49 PM

I'm pretty sure that nub is there to prevent the flap from closing all the way on purpose.

Posted by: jsaum Mar 23 2020, 07:35 PM

Yes that nub is there to keep the flap from fully closing and to keep air moving.


Attached thumbnail(s)

Posted by: ejmetz Mar 23 2020, 08:03 PM

QUOTE(jsaum @ Mar 23 2020, 09:35 PM)