88-91 GM Suburban Rear A/C fan blade adjustment or motor replacement.

Disclaimer: Links on this page pointing to Amazon, eBay and other sites may include affiliate code. If you click them and make a purchase, we may earn a small commission.

Urbanburban22

Junior Member
Joined
Apr 22, 2022
Posts
23
Reaction score
21
Location
Colorado
First Name
David
Truck Year
1991
Truck Model
Suburban SLE V1500
Engine Size
5.7 TBI
So, just earlier today I went on a mission to replace my 91 Suburban's rear a/c blower motor thinking it was bad. Now, the motor would run but make this God awful binding/grinding sound. So I bought a new motor and removed everything for the rear a/c and pulled the motor. (Don't set it down it vertically on the fan blades!!)
You must be registered for see images attach
On further inspection I found that some of the plastic was deformed on BOTH the fan and blower motor case. Upon really looking at the fan blades for a little while I found I could move the spring used as a "clamp" to hold the fan blades on the motor axles. So I took screwdriver and moved the spring so it lined up with one of the two slits for the fan I could get a pick under the very top bit of the spring and walk it off. Bam! You can adjust your fan blades.
 

Attachments

  • 20220514_093420.jpg
    20220514_093420.jpg
    144.6 KB · Views: 90
  • 20220514_093411.jpg
    20220514_093411.jpg
    118.7 KB · Views: 93
  • 20220514_093353.jpg
    20220514_093353.jpg
    147.2 KB · Views: 88
  • 20220514_093343.jpg
    20220514_093343.jpg
    182 KB · Views: 98

bucket

Super Moderator
Staff member
Super Moderator
Joined
Aug 3, 2010
Posts
29,087
Reaction score
23,895
Location
Usually not in Ohio
First Name
Andy
Truck Year
'77, '78, '79, '84, '88
Truck Model
K5 thru K30
Engine Size
350-454
Howdy from Ohio!

Your post will help out a bunch of people I'm sure. So I moved it to the correct area in the tech section so it can be found easily later on. Feel free to make an introduction post though!
 

Latest posts

Forum statistics

Threads
42,073
Posts
908,444
Members
33,548
Latest member
garethrowsell
Top