Nice

[Keeper]

Everyone needs this baby,No?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1969-CADILLAC-FAN-CLUTCH-NEW-GM-4941106-/262222568896?fits=Year%3A1969%7CMake%3ACadillac%7CModel%3AEldorado&hash=item3d0daeddc0:g:TrgAAOSwNyFWd0sh&vxp=mtr#ht_76wt_901

[Otto Skorzeny]

Why would anybody pay $125 for $20-$40 part that you can get anywhere?

[Fins]

Because there is an ass for every seat.

[Keeper]

made in USA, clutches now are foreign and when they let go of the fan it rips right into the radiator.The other thing is they take out the water pump as they are not round.went through a bunch before I got one like this for a 1974 Pontiac super duty TA.Been almost 50000 miles,2 water pumps 3 radiators.Stock one,stock replacement and now the $99 plastic and aluminum one. One needs to spend at least $125 or more for their fan clutch.Am I really wrong?

[Otto Skorzeny]

Why not just a fixed blade fan that works all the time?

[Keeper]

Factory fixed,Factory clutch.Flex is what is scary.How many times can metal bend back and forth before it breaks!

[Otto Skorzeny]

Basically a lot.

If the metal is designed to bend and retain memory, it doesn't wear out too easily. 

[Jon]

If it stays in the elastic strain range and below the endurance stress limit, it can go a very long time.

[Keeper]

Yikes,Never thought of that with the tortion bars and pork chops.On the 40 year old coach as well.Little heavier than the later model flex fan, but same thing.Piece of my door spring just broke off the other day,scared the Sh*t out of me.BAM,Then ting a ling a ling.Piece on the ground.Kinda the same style spring on my trunk lid,but it has 3 positions of tension,opening and closing for 50 years,It is most likely next.Just saying originally,never cheap out on a timing chain or a fan clutch,Go for the best you can get!

[Jon]

Yeah, I'm a big fan of buying quality parts and only doing the job once.

[guidematic]

Remember when Ford flex fans were failing? And managed to launch a blade through an unsuspecting mechanic's chest?

Mike

[Russ]

Isnt it the rivets that get loose, and fatigue the metal around the hole.

[guidematic]

Ueah, something to that effect.

Mike