cal1
Bronze Member
Ok I tried to replace my HST fan and finally gave up on waiting for my manuals and trying everything short of full disassemble of everypart in sight and took my partically disassembled bx24 to a Kubota dealer. Based on the little amount of work they needed to do they quoted me $100 to replace the fan. Three days later I pick it up and while putting everything back on I notice that the new fan is mounted backwards. During the call back to the dealership the tech tried to explain that it would be fine blah blah blah. I trucked it back and insisted they put in on correctly. I've looked at the original fan at least 30 times so I instantly knew it was put on wrong. In their defence I had cut off the old one so the tech would have had to have done many of these to know the correct way. Or read the manual. In either case I'm out of my tractor for another week.
A ex-fighter pilot (and therefore assumed expert in airflow and fans) tried to explain that you can't put a fan on backwards. Even though the blade cups were facing in the wrong direction it would still have cooled the transmission. I do seem to remember that my ceiling fan has a switch that changes direction of airflow without changing blade pitch. Any thoughts? The lead tech at the dealership agreed that it is put on backwards.
A ex-fighter pilot (and therefore assumed expert in airflow and fans) tried to explain that you can't put a fan on backwards. Even though the blade cups were facing in the wrong direction it would still have cooled the transmission. I do seem to remember that my ceiling fan has a switch that changes direction of airflow without changing blade pitch. Any thoughts? The lead tech at the dealership agreed that it is put on backwards.