RE: Still more electric fans

["\"Mr. Mike\" Passaretti" <passaretti@sol.med.ge.com>]

>>>>> "Gernot" == Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk> writes:

    Gernot> What speaks against unbolting the fan, refitting the bolts,
    Gernot> checking they are not fouling now there is less thickness
    Gernot> and doing it that way?  Not that I would be too familiar
    Gernot> with the TR4, but...

As I understand it, the "nose" that the fan sits on is necessary
for stabilizing the crank.  It's a heavy sucker, that's for sure.
I'm told by several E-Mails that the blades themselves can be
removed, but the nose must stay, or be replaced with a harmonic
dampener of some sort.
                                                                -MM