dohicky tools

[Michael A Zlotowicz]

Anyone have one to sell? OEM part is painfully expensive. From a 97 KLR650. Hit a tree, bent the housing, and the motor melted the impeller when it couldn't move. Michael 917-331-0757

[boulder_adv_rider]

There is one on eBay... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KLR-650-Radiator-Fan- Used_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trkparmsZ72Q3a570Q7c39Q3a2Q7c66Q3a3Q7c65Q3a12Q 7c240Q3a1318QQ_trksidZp3286Q2ec0Q2em14QQhashZitem120315253574QQitemZ12 0315253574 --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Michael A Zlotowicz wrote:

> > Anyone have one to sell? > > OEM part is painfully expensive. > > From a 97 KLR650. > > Hit a tree, bent the housing, and the motor melted the impeller

when it couldn't move.

> > Michael > 917-331-0757 >

[dooden]

Just the fan blade bad ? if motor still good I think Fred sells a replacement fan blade. Dooden A15 Green Ape --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Michael A Zlotowicz wrote:

> > Anyone have one to sell? > > OEM part is painfully expensive. > > From a 97 KLR650. > > Hit a tree, bent the housing, and the motor melted the impeller

when it couldn't move.

> > Michael > 917-331-0757 >

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Michael A Zlotowicz wrote:

> > Anyone have one to sell? > > OEM part is painfully expensive. > > From a 97 KLR650. > > Hit a tree, bent the housing, and the motor melted the impeller when it couldn't move. > > Michael > 917-331-0757 >

If you can't find one here or on eBay, you might try reconstituting the original. A number of owners have successfully repaired a melted fan core with JB Weld. You might also try adapting a pancake fan, like those used to cool computers. They can be had at electronics surplus stores for about five bucks.

[boulder_adv_rider]

If you have a hollow rotor remover and aluminum wrench, I send both of them back. Aluminum wrenches?? Geez. Call or email Mike Eagle directly and get hooked up with the good stuff. --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "gbthacker_99" wrote:

> > When I bought the kit I was under the impression that I was

getting

> Eagel Mike's stuff. The doohickey and springs seem to be E.M.

stuff

> but the puller is from Dennis Stubblefield and the puller seems to

be

> aluminum and very questionable. I was expecting the steel wrench

and

> puller from E.M. > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "traderpro2003" > wrote: > > > > Fred stopped stocking Eagle Mike's wares, so I'm not sure what

you

> > got. Eagle Mike's wrench is steel and rotor remover stout...both > > likely to outlast the planet. I've heard there are other doo

kits,

> but > > I've never seen one. Ever since installing my first doo, I

insist

> on > > genuine Eagle parts. The best! Probably he sent you residual > stock. > > I'd feel confident using/installing what he sent you. > > > > Brian > > > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "gbthacker_99" > wrote: > > > > > > I thought Arrowhead used Eagle Mikes doohickey and tools. Am I > > wrong? > > > Apparently I didn't get the wrench but did I get Eagle Mikes > > doohickey > > > and spring??? > > > Gary > > > > > >

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Michael A Zlotowicz

wrote:

> > > > Anyone have one to sell? > > > > OEM part is painfully expensive. > > > > From a 97 KLR650. > > > > Hit a tree, bent the housing, and the motor melted the impeller

when it couldn't move.

> > > > Michael > > 917-331-0757 > > > If you can't find one here or on eBay, you might try

reconstituting the original. A number of

> owners have successfully repaired a melted fan core with JB Weld.

You might also try

> adapting a pancake fan, like those used to cool computers. They can

be had at electronics

> surplus stores for about five bucks.

Michael, My fan was repaired exactly as Judd describes using JB weld. Jeff Saline suggested it (it was something that he remembered reading)--a repair previously described here at DSN (perhaps Mark VanHorne, Zack, Devon or CaStu)--after we discovered the wayward fan during the initial battle damage assessment following my return from the GDR. Jeff poured the JB weld while I was changing the clutch pac. Probably took longer to remove the fan and straighten the shroud than mix the goo and 'pour' the repair. shrug. Works very well, without concern for balance, etc. The up side: The fan went 'south' very quickly (sometime between the 1st and umpteenth time it was taking a dirt nap--and did very little damage to the fan or the fan/hub--making the repair an easy fix. For your repair: Depending on how much damage was done to your fan assembly, will affect the overall outcome. For ~$3 JB Quick, it would be worth a try. Many thanks to all the 'years-years' of experience that is found here on the board and the tireless hours of effort given by those who sponsor tech days. It builds a better bike, and even better friendships. ACCITIONAL REFLECTION: The 'C' shaped radiator protector protected the leading edge of the radiator, but the trailing edge of the radiator was slightly bent, forcing the fan shroud into the fan, ripping the fan from the aluminum hub. Oddly enough, I could hear the fan motor cycle occasionally--just like it should, based on OAT and airflow but not a 'peep' or squeek from the assembly that would give you a clue that something was amiss. There was minimal marking of the radiator by the rotating fan- -it parted from the aluminum hub very quickly--which is a good thing. I would like to think it was the last 'nap', when I dropped the bike in a parking lot after the kickstand folded up--It had been nearly 5 years since I had had that happen! The temps were much cooler, and I don't have a recollection that the fan ever cycled again after that. The needle never got near hot, and the thermobob kept the water cycling at 195F. In all likely hood, HT PD Nerf bars would have protected the radiator better. My other KLR has them installed--it never occurred to me to take the time to switch them out to this bike, thinking the 'C' shaped guard was adequate. In most circumstances--they would have been. Of course, defining adequate is a proportional/situational description and is relative--if nothing gets broken. Adventure motorcycling, by definition and experience: something is likely to get bent, broken, or warped. revmaaatin.