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**Yukon Jack** · 01-20-2004, 01:12 PM

The cooling fan on the engine I am going to use in my 69 was damaged slightly from a frontend impact. Appears one blade is bent slightly. No visible damage when you look at the blades but if you lay it flat you can tell one blade is bent.

Any thoughts on whether it is a bad idea to try to bend the blade or is it smarter to just replace it. It is a 5 blade fan off a 1989 454.

01-20-2004, 01:12 PM	#1
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,689	Damaged fan blade - repair or replace The cooling fan on the engine I am going to use in my 69 was damaged slightly from a frontend impact. Appears one blade is bent slightly. No visible damage when you look at the blades but if you lay it flat you can tell one blade is bent. Any thoughts on whether it is a bad idea to try to bend the blade or is it smarter to just replace it. It is a 5 blade fan off a 1989 454. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14