There should be felt or similar material surrounding the bushings that needs to be saturated with light oil (3 in 1 will work). The bushings are made of sintered metal that allow oil to slowly seep through. Doing this every 2 years or so will keep the fan running for a very long time or until the switch breaks. You may need to lightly tap the shaft in several radial directions after reassembly to realign the bushings to the shaft if it doesn't spin freely, especially the front bushing which usually gets out of alignment during disassembly and reassembly. The bushings are convex on their outside diameter to allow for this.
A friend gave me one of these fans and it was absolutely filthy; I'm amazed it even ran as well as it did in the condition I got it. I'm so glad this fan can be so completely disassembled for cleaning! They don't make machines anymore so that regular folks can take them apart and maintain them so they can run better for longer
Can’t count how many Wind Machines I’ve put out on the curb, over the decades. I thought the motors had gone bad. Now, my 2 year old Fan is like brand new! Thank you!
*Love the size and it fits perfectly in a corner but **Fastly.Cool** the whole room. Really like how you can auto adjust how long you want the fan to be on. It is quite but highly effective.*
Love this video! The first one I watched didnt go go into how to detach the fan blade from the motor setup and this video gave me the confidence to yank that blade off lol. I've cleaned all the plastic pieces and will pick up some oil to do the last bit.
Thank you thank you thank you!!!! I have only had this fan for 3 months & only use it in my bedroom at night. It now makes a clicking noise. This fan isn't cheap either so I hope that this 'click' is due to a lubrication issue. It barely dirty too so I don't know where this click is coming from. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us :)))
Purchased my Lasko 20" Wind Machine on 8/23/20. Took grill apart and cleaned fan often. The fan just stopped turning on 10/12/21/. A week before it stopped, it was squealing and wobbling every now and then. My motor screws were Hella Tight. I had to lightly tap on the screws with screwdriver inserted, and use channel pliers to turn the screwdriver while applying downward pressure to loosing & take the motor apart. After cleaning & lubricating bearings and shaft that was brown ...Fan is like New. Thank you! You da Man, Man!!!
Hi there!! I am so grateful for your tutorial video!! Because it helped me safely be able to follow step-by-step on how to dismantle, clean with degreaser, oil that inner part with that 3-in-1 oil, and put it all back together again. Your motions to pull away and up helped also. So conscientious of you, even a deaf person could follow and I appreciate that you motioned like that throughout your video. Very good, thank you, Arlene (Florida)
Threw one of these away (not this exact model) because I couldn't open it up to clean it. Now I have this one and it looks easy enough to clean. Thanks for the vid! 😁👍🏼
Thank you so much for making this video. I have a tendency to take things apart to clean but then run into the problem of putting things back together. This was a great help!
Thank you so much for making this video! My girlfriend and I were able to clean and lubricate both of our fans with ease. This will definitely will keep them working a lot longer.
I'm 78 and followed your directions. Got a little confused on how to put that motor back in the the plastic base but got it figured out and now both of my WindMachines are running smoothly and are dust free. I used compressed air to blow out the motor and it worked faily well. Good directions, thanks.
Great tutorial. My 10+ yr old WindMachine had siezed up. Thanks to your excellent video, it looks and operates like new. I used regular 3-in-1 oil since that's what I had on hand. Works great. Thanks!
Thank you for making this video. So easy to follow. I was unsure about removing the AC cord but not anymore. After cleaning, I also put a "last maintenanced" painter's tape sticker with the date on it just like after getting your car's oil serviced. Gotta love YT! It has saved me thousands of $$$ with relatively simple DIY jobs.
I just found this amazing video-THANK YOU!!! I bought one of these at an auction because I couldn’t bear to see it go into a landfill and thought maybe it was salvageable (it was pretty gross). But the motor worked and then I found your video and wow may I say it is an outstanding video start to finish. Best I’ve seen and I have watched A LOT of how to’s on the net. Thank you for putting so much time into editing, describing exactly what you did and HOW to do it and even better how to put it back together!!! You made my day. I am so pleased with how it turned out!
Well someone overtightened the 2 bolts in the motor housing so I’m gonna see if me cleaning it and doing. Everything else will still work. If not, I appreciate you making this after my fan decided to off itself
Oh, my God, I did it it works again! Thank you, I subscribed 😂. This fan was 26 to $36.00 in 2017 when I bought it, try $ 50 to $80 bucks now, it was stopping and going then froze up.. Thank you ❤ I got my awesome super high moving beloved fan like new again !
Just a WARNING for everyone. I have this fan. It's great. Service it just like this on occasion. BE VERY CAREFUL if removing the motor housing to oil the bushings, the motor shaft can sometimes bite on the front bushing if the oil/grease is dry. Ended up pulling out the front bushing quite easily, which as far as I can tell, CAN'T be pushed back in properly because of the pronged annular spring that holds it in... Now.... I have a non working fan.
This happened to me too. Thing was gripping like crazy. Tried alot of different things and couldn't get it to go back the way it needed to. Next time I gotta lube first.
A tip for getting the fan blade off if it's stuck (learned this from a different video's comments): get a hair dryer and warm up the round head of the blade for 20 seconds or so...makes it easier to pull off...worked for me!
Love this video! I have three different fans and looked for a tutorial for each one. You're #3. #2 Was a Holmes and I couldn't find a video, so I learned a hard lesson: take a picture of where things were before you take it apart (especially the motor aspect) because I ended up with 4 screws leftover...and I don't know where they were supposed to go! But it works just fine! Thanks for this awesome video...I'll get to work on the Wind Machine now! PS...I like the way you cut to the chase and just get the info out there without alot of extra dialog.
The difference between bearings vs. bushings is that a bushing is a type of bearing. While the term bearing is a general term for something that allows motion between two components, bushings are specific pieces of equipment. No worries you helped me clean my 2 Lasko fans like a pro.
Just came over to say thank you for this! I took it apart once but didn't remove the fan blade, and saw in another video that the shaft was probably the issue. I took the fan blade off, cleaned a bunch of crud out of there, then used a can of spray air to blast out a bunch of stuff, then used WD-40 on the shaft. I didn't take the motor out of the back panel though, because cleaning and lubricating it from the top did the trick. But if I need to take it apart again I'll know what to do! I also taped up a filter on the back. I made it out of some electrostatic material that I had on hand to make filters for external vents in your home. Fans have gotten expensive lately and I'm thrilled to be able to keep this one. Thanks again! :)
I dismantled mine last night and I could not get the blade off. I really had the thought that it might have been glued down for some reason. I also thought the little back cover might have had some screw I couldn't see or something. Glad to see both aren't and I really need to use a lot of force. I'll disassemble that motor whenever I find my oil now thanks to this. Can't wait to stop hearing the squeaking.
Straight to the point! Excellent and informative narration along with clear video demonstration of every step along the way and all in 6 minutes! Just to reiterate something he said many times... DO NOT over-tighten the screws going into the plastic as you are re-assembling. You will WANT to, just don't! Snug is done. Ask me how I know this : ) Motor slots that slide into plastic tabs was also brilliant to point out. TY PBMan!
Excellent tutorial video! Clear, concise instructions with no drama or silliness :). I watched it through, and then in sections as I worked. Audio and video are both clear and very helpful! Success!
Thank you so much! Middle of this heat wave, our fan started screeching like a banshee. Fans are sold out everywhere, no option but to fix 'er. So glad I didn't throw it out, now it's running perfectly!!
This is by far the best video I have ever seen describing how to do something step by step!! Thank you so much for being so descriptive and literally explaining everything so that I would be able to do this myself! You are amazing keep up the great work! Thank you! ❤️ -Erica
Thank You Man really Thank You it took me 3-4 -5 hours trying to get the F'en blade off I couldn't get it off searched for a pin behind it ,, Searched the pdf other video's I was going to throw it out then I said let me look one more time on Y.T. and came across your Vid. Thanks again man
I cleaned and oiled mine 4 years apart from each cleaning cause eventually it squeels, well I followed this again and all was well, then it started squealing and i thought I turned it off and didn't unplug it but it was on low but blades were not turning. Well I smelled wires melting and thought something was on fire like my fridge or uverse boxes, dang the smell got worse and worse till I tracked the fan down and it was so hot it was almost on fire and wires were all burnt, surprised a circuit didn't blow but if I would have left the house I believe it would have been on fire so I'm now tossing it in the garbage and going back to my older square safer floor fan.
Thank you so much! I couldn't tell how to take the blades off as it felt like it was going to break but it got off like a charm! It is good as new with the motor lubricated
are a god send for this video i almost threw my fan out i'm so happy i didn't! thank you so so so much i can't sleep without my fan and it broke late at night so you're my best friend rn! thank you!!!
@@tongo117 Perfect! I just finished and sitting in front of the fan! I can't believe I let it get to the point that I did? Thanks. Warning! After following the instructions and completing the task, my mind started thinking about all the other things I need to clean, lubricate, and check on, like ceiling fans and everything with a motor on it? Lol.
Cheese and crackers, I had to go through several videos which conveniently left out the hard part that you showed and that was removing the fan blades! Mucho gracias
I love how you explain the steps on how to clean it . I did everything you did but I have no luck. Still not working and I am not sure what’s going on with it .
thanks! so much. After I disarmed this fan I didn't know how to put it back. thanks to this video I did it righ. I cleaned all it was sooo dirty now is like new.
Thanx but no thanx!! I got as far as disconnecting the round white ring where u snap the two black clamps together to remove the ring & it did not bulge..so for me that was my cue to STOP😊 And to see how far more u had to go WHEW! My suggestion is the fan should have been simple to just snap off the front..clean the blades & BE DONE!! The stand up fans is just that simple to clean. If I knew u had to do all this to clean this fan I wouldn't have purchase ijs for me..I am glad ur instructions was beneficial to others..TY 🙏🙂
Just replaced my old one of this model with an identical one. I had it face down towards the floor for an evening to dry something on the ground. Woke up to a somewhat sizable pool of oil mostly on the bottom of the "U" that holds the fan in place. Should I be doing a cleaning and relubrication? or was there just too much lube/oil put in from the manufacturer?
i have the problem with that fan i have it has been making noise and is loud i couldn't figure out what it was wben i turned the fan on i seen how much theres movement in the blades which is wby its making noise
Thank you very very well detailed on how to do it thank you so much... I have a question only is it the same routine for the same fan but with the knob on off on top of it instead of the back it is the same exact routine correct
OK, so I disasembled the motor, lubricated it as shown, and re-assembled it. I figured I'd plug it in and test it before reassembling the whole fan. Now instead of spinning, the armature locks on to the back of the motor from magnetism and just freezes! The fan buzzes loudly as well. What happened and how do I fix it? This was the last thing I was expecting to happen.
I have a Lasko 3300 Wind Machine like yours that I recently rescued from the dumpster. I tore it apart & washed all the plastic. The motor still works, but the screws are seized in the motor. They are steel screws seized in the aluminum motor housing. The motor really needs oiling since it has no free spin to it. Can you think of a way to get the screws out or a way to oil the motor with together? How hard was it to get your screws out?
Well, I used a rubber mallet to try to secure the fan blades back onto the post but it refused to stay on the post. Had to resort to a couple of drips of glue. Waiting for it to dry...
@tongo117 Thank you for this video, both this one and the one from 6 years ago helped me greatly with performing a deep clean on my fan. Unfortunately, when I put it back together, the fan blade was rotating very, very slowly. Much slower than before disassembling it. Are there any potential reasons for this? I followed your steps closely and I feel I am doing everything correctly when putting it back together. Even if I turn it on without fully assembling it, it turns very slow. Thank you for your time and video
I can't think of any reason it would run more slowly after disassembly/cleaning unless you lubricated the motor shaft with something that the motor shaft didn't like.. To cause friction thereby slowing the rotation..
question, I put the fan back together the same way I took it apart but now it makes a rubbing noise whenever I cut it on it goes away but you hear it again when you cut it off & the blade slows down, any idea what that could be?
Possibly, the blade may need to be pushed farther onto the motor shaft.. Thinking that the blade as it speeds up is pushed back (no rubbing) then as it slows down there's less force pushing it back and it may be rubbing the front as it slows down..
Am 84 year old female, just been handed down this fan. Needs cleaning badly. Everything seems pretty easy except releasing the switch. Try as I lmay the plastic tabs do not budge, cannot release the switch. Tried pliers, no go. Suggestions.
Even if you can't get the switch to release you can still clean the fan pretty well.. Front and back pieces, fan blade, air vents on motor etc.. You can also put a few drops of oil at the base of the motor shaft..
I GOT IT!!! Also the fan was a bit hard but also got it off. Went back together swiftly. Best instructional video ever made. You have a gift. God Bless.
Here's an answer to the same question.. Found on an Antique Fan Collectors site: "3 in 1 "Motor Oil" in the BLUE can, NOT the "Multi-Purpose" Red container. SAE ~ 20 (both are non-detergent, ONLY buy the BLUE can! (The red can has Naptha. Not recommended. The Naptha gets the dirt in suspension then evaporates leaving dirt on the bearing surface, like detergents) Chain stores Lowes, Home Depot, may stock the BLUE "3 in 1 Oil"
@@tongo117 I waited a day and went to get some 3 and 1. The fan is running like brand new! Thank you, sir. I've had this fan for years and didn't realize they run like $70.00. I don't have a job right now so this was a big help.
