I sure have had good luck "rebuilding" them, knock on wood. Almost always irks going to be dirty commutators or dry bushings. Singer sewing machine grease--not the oil--seems to be the stuff for that. 

Jim

On Apr 8, 2013, at 8:44 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

> So what other choices are there now that they are no longer available
> through the dealer?
> What about the rear blower? Yes the Meyle ones are real bad.
> 
> Dennis
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> David Beierl
> Sent: Monday, April 8, 2013 9:37 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Heater fan CHIRP!
> 
> At 09:27 PM 4/8/2013, Karl Mullendore wrote:
>> Yep, I learned my lesson lately on the Meyle fans as well. Totally
>> rebuilt the heater box in my 'new' Syncro, new everything - in
>> preparation for a S America trip that still hasn't happened. Noisy as
>> hell on low, so I try to avoid that. When I get around to painting the
>> van, I'll swap it out to a better one.
>> Karl
> 
> I just sent Ron a message suggesting he either pull them from his line or
> put a warning on them that many people have noise problems with them.  I
> know if I'd had to live with the one I put in Millie's van I'd have gone
> raving mad.  And  I'd hate for Meyle-->Grrrr to be associated with Bus
> Depot-->Grrr in people's minds.
> 
> Yrs,
> d