Beware body lift owners

[gfbh3t]

Anyone with a body lift should make sure that the part of the fan shroud that rotates is very secure! I was making a hard left turn and the shroud slid down into the fan blade and went through the radiator.

 

[Ghostbuster]

That sucks.

 

[amrg]

This happened with another member here, had the shroud rotated and bolted in place only to have the bolts come lose and the shroud rotated and wen't through the radiator. Sucked for him since we were 50 miles offroad and I ended up towing him back to the road!!! Towing over the sand dunes was challenging!

 

[humvee]

Yes, same exact thing happened to me. Ended up cancelling the bottom part of the shroud completely. Monitored the temperature and found it had no effect. Also retained the radiator, cancelled the affected line.


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[4speedfunk]

Damn. Amazon $150 aluminum unit and no shroud?

 

[cbetts]

I ran self-tapping screw right down the top so I could keep an eye on it while performing regular maintenance, like oil changes.

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[gfbh3t]

Did have 3 self tapping screws in it. Didn't work out to well. Just picked up a cheap one from autozone. No longer running other half of shroud

 

[atvspeed4]

Same thing happened to us last month...took lower shroud off and haven't looked back. We figured out that our engine mounts were worn and rotated the engine over and caught the shroud spinning the lower shroud around and into fan.

 

[chaos254]

Good to know. I'll leave the bottom off when I do mine

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[Panzer07]

I'll leave the bottom off when I do mine

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That's what I did to mine...I didn't wanted to make it harder than it needed to be.

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[Vdawg1115]

I am assuming this only effects 5cyls with the two piece shroud......I think the Alphas had a one piece shroud, cause I remember changing my radiator and the instructions didn't line up at all cause they were for a 5 cyl

 

[Lchase]

Anyone with a body lift should make sure that the part of the fan shroud that rotates is very secure! I was making a hard left turn and the shroud slid down into the fan blade and went through the radiator.

I had the same thing happen last year after going thru a deep mud hole, it let go on the way home when excellerating up a hill, i also came to find out my motor mounts were shot which also helped it make contact. The painful part was the radiator was only a month old.

 

[ArmyOdom1978]

What brand of body lift was used and how much of a lift was it? Thinking about installing a body lift.

 

[cbetts]

What brand of body lift was used and how much of a lift was it? Thinking about installing a body lift.

I believe DayStar is the only company offering an official H3 body lift kit. It is 1". I would not try to go more since it pretty much pushes the limits of connecting components like steering.

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[humvee]

Important thing is that its been tested, lower shroud removal doesn't affect i5 running temperature.
And can confirm that the V8 shroud has no such issues.


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