At 4:15 PM 6/28/98, Joe L. wrote:
>One thing you might try. Get a can of WD-40 or the like, Turn on your vent
>fans and make sure you are sucking outsike air, go to the air intakes on the
>front of the van and spray the WD040 directly into the intakes.
>  I tried this when my fan berings were making a racket and I could not find
>the ambitition to take the dash apart.
>
>IT WORKED!!!!!
>
>   It took a while for the WD-40 to work its way around to the bearings and
>for a while these was WD-40 smell inside the van but both the sound and the
>racket went away in a couple of days. That was about 4 months ago and all is
>still quiet.
>

        Do NOT use WD-40 for this purpose!

        Use a silicon spray lubricant or some other aerosol dispensed
        lubricant...WD-40 is a solvent and will dry out your bearings!

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