Replace Ceiling Fan Bearings

[das_peikko]

Apparently that's a common practice in India. All of the YouTube videos showing how it's done are done by Indian nationals. All of the special bearing pullers used for pulling the bearings are available for order from India. People in the United States just replace the whole entire ceiling fan. There's a store in town called Motion Industries. I've gone there before to get bearings for power tools. I'm seriously thinking about replacing the bearings. I've seen the videos and the job don't seem that hard. Have you guys tried it ?

 

[dmack2]

No. Never needed to. Had a Casablanca spin 24/7/365 for 25 years.

 

[hatt]

Try it out if it's a nice fan. I've replaced the $10 bearing on a $20 mower deck idler pulley before.

 

[Rat407]

I just replace the fan. Usually my old fans have a little wobble in them and when the noise got so bad we updated to a nicer looking and more efficient fan. One that seems to move more air than the last. At least that is what it seems like.

 

[Vikas]

The amount of dust an Indian ceiling fan encounters in India is at least an order of magnitude higher than what you get in US. It will take a century of operation in US for the same dust that bearing in India will encounter in about 5 years.

Have you lived in India?

I am not even touching the overall mentality of recycling and fixing everything which was very common at least when I was growing up there. Everything can be fixed in India even locks and hinges to your $25 suitcase!

 

[knerml]

Check to see if your manufacturer still supports the fan.

Harbour Breeze has very liberal customer support policies.

 

[mx5miata]

does the fan hold some kind of value that it is worth the hassle? I would replace the fan.

I was going to replace the speed control capacitor in a ceiling fan, once I saw the price and had to order online for another 25 bucks I had a new fan from Depot.

 

[Al]

Life is too short.....................

 

[Snagglefoot]

I don’t want to rant on India and I acknowledge they have a large modern middle class, but the fact remains the median income in India is $600 per year and that is why there are shops that fix ceiling fans, people to do the work and customers that want the work done. If you want to try fix a fan why not? Just dont’t plan to quit your day job and open a ceiling fan repair shop.

 

[cheech279]

I've installed more than 20 ceiling fans over the years--Casablanca, Hunter Original, Emerson & Craftmade. I like Craftmade now as the best quality for the buck. I say replace it.

 

[JTK]

If the overall quality of the motor is worth replacing parts on, why not?

The average fan motor today? Junk. If I'm taking an inexpensive fan down due to issues with it, a new one is going up.

 

[andyd]

Raised by thrifty parents and the best generation in general, I learned:Fix it, make do, go without from an early age. rescuing, recycling, re-using manufactured materials is from older generations still By doing so, is a form of ancestor veneration. Nothing blisses me out more than to apply a little TLC to something and restore it to functionality.

 

[kschachn]

While I certainly agree thriftiness and restoration of older equipment is a worthwhile endeavor (just see my vehicles), on most ceiling fans they have gone way out of style by the time they wear out. I don't like my house looking like my grandparent's where it hadn't been updated in 30 years.