3. Lift up and out…
4. . . . to expose the small brass pin and fill hole in the middle. Remove the pin and. . . Viola! I’m ready to refill with new silicone oil.
Many thanks to Dan Brindle and John Pitman for the advice on how to get the strip out.
Time to refill the clutch with oil. After clamping the fan bracket to this table with a 3″ C-Clamp, I used a heat gun purchased from Home Depot for $25 to heat the fan clutch while spinning it, being careful not to overheat and damage the clutch. “This expands the air in the clutch and moves the oil in the clutch to the outer edges,” says Wally Plumley in his write up of this procedure.
