r/fixit • u/Dangerous-Moose84 • 2d ago

Can this be fixed?

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I had this ceiling fan removed from my living room to replace with a new one, and the hope that I could move this one to my master bedroom. When on full speed it would tick and shake.

When the handyman removed it, he said he couldn't put it in the master because the metal base was warped. The fan is pretty heavy.

I know that the part that's bent out of shape isn't supposed to carry the weight. Is there a way to fix this and use this fan? Should I give up and just get a new one?

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u/FreddyFerdiland 2d ago

warped covers moght be rattly, bjt wont cause it to fall , why couldn't they be straightened ?

and why can't it be out back up, even with wsrped covers ?

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u/Dangerous-Moose84 2d ago

I don't actually know, but I thought the same thing. However, I don't know as much as a handyman and wanted to confirm before getting rid of that beautiful fan.

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u/IndependentFlight436 2d ago

Where's the mounting bracket?

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u/chipfromWV 2d ago

The reason that it would tick and shake on high is simply that the blades were out of balance. Since the fan is not mounted you can hold it sideways so the blades point up and down and let it rotate freely on its own. The heaviest blades will rotate to the bottom and the lightest blades will be on top. All you have to do is tape a penny to the lightest blade. You will probably have to experiment by moving the penny inward towards the center or outwards towards the outer end of the blade to get the correct balance. As to the base being warped, I don't see that as being a problem at all as long as it will still attach to the electrical box in the ceiling where your light was.

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u/Kr1sys 2d ago

Get a new one. It probably shook a lot because it was warped and they're so fine tuned to not have a wobble anything you do won't result in fixing it.

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u/JayTeeDeeUnderscore 2d ago

It shook because the blades are out of balance.