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lostinlodos
 Post subject: Re: Server fans
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2026 3:54 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: Server fans
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2026 9:50 pm 

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lostinlodos wrote:
Cut the fins off you get motor
Leave the fins in CBM in most places


I assume by cut the fins you mean I have to also cut the entire surrounding box material? Probably not worth that level of hassle of so.
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 Post subject: Re: Server fans
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2026 10:46 pm 
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Merkman wrote:
lostinlodos wrote:
Cut the fins off you get motor
Leave the fins in CBM in most places


I assume by cut the fins you mean I have to also cut the entire surrounding box material? Probably not worth that level of hassle of so.

better off just removing the little clip and removing the fins all together im my opinion

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 Post subject: Re: Server fans
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yeah you want to get rid of the bulk of the plastic so the frame and fins cut back as close to the actual motor.

What's annoying is it's not always just a simple plastic "clip" holding the drive shaft. Sometimes it's a skinny metal o-ring with such good tolerance that a hammer is all that's left to disassemble with. Which isn't a problem if you don't mind breaking everything :D

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 Post subject: Re: Server fans
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 9:02 am 
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What's annoying is it's not always just a simple plastic "clip" holding the drive shaft. Sometimes it's a skinny metal o-ring with such good tolerance that a hammer is all that's left to disassemble with. Which isn't a problem if you don't mind breaking everything :D

you mean the steel C clips ? I jam a small screw driver in those and pop the clip off. But a hammer will work too.

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 Post subject: Re: Server fans
PostPosted: Tue Jun 02, 2026 2:14 pm 
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Merkman wrote:
lostinlodos wrote:
Cut the fins off you get motor
Leave the fins in CBM in most places


I assume by cut the fins you mean I have to also cut the entire surrounding box material? Probably not worth that level of hassle of so.

Yes.

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 Post subject: Re: Server fans
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Some companies actually have a fan rate though so ask.
Usually it would cover everything from a tiny processor fan to a household box fan to industrial air blowers.

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austin86 wrote:
marked141 wrote:

What's annoying is it's not always just a simple plastic "clip" holding the drive shaft. Sometimes it's a skinny metal o-ring with such good tolerance that a hammer is all that's left to disassemble with. Which isn't a problem if you don't mind breaking everything :D

you mean the steel C clips ? I jam a small screw driver in those and pop the clip off. But a hammer will work too.

Not the ones with the hooks on the end, literally an O-ring recessed into the drive shaft with almost no gap in the ends

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