Inspection Heads Up

[NC419N]

Before heading out to clear the snow Saturday checking the fluids and such I noticed a small section of the fan blade on the NX chipped out. Thought it looked strange and then found a relay block dangling down it the path ???? That was a little un-nerving with a little less than 50 hours of use. What I found was the bolts that were originally holding it on had worked their way off and the relays on the opposite side were laying on the radiator. Guessing they don't use nylon lock nuts??? Fortunate for me to have m6 x 1 hex nuts and blue Loctite !!! You may want to Inspect any and all bolts that you can to insure tightness and invest in Loctite products before large on small parts vibrate off of you equipment.

 

[davesl708]

Wow, could have been a lot more damage. Wires ripped out are not a good thing.
Glad you found it early.