70 914-6, fresh air blower motor Options

[huck914-6]

hey guys first post here.

so im currently in the middle of doing the front fresh air blower motor and I bought the bosch replacement motor. my problem is I cant get the new motor down into the housing far enough to engage the spring clips to hold it in place. has anyone ever done just the motor replacement?

[UROpartsman]

Just got word from engineering:

• The fan blades are balanced, in fact you can see a metal balancing clip on one of the blades in the above product photo.
• Though it was already done prior to production, we just grabbed a random fan assembly off the shelf and was compared it to OEM using a 3D scan. Exterior dimensions are within 1mm of OEM (and that minor difference is probably due to slight position differences during each scan), so fitment in the housing shouldn't be an issue.
• The electric motor has similar performance specifications and 3D scanning shows that the fan blades match OEM, so CFM should be very comparable to OEM.