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Melting fan cap with solder iron

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I want to lube the fan of my card's cooler, but the cap on the fan is cast, meaning I can't just pop it off to reach the bearing and oil it up, what can I do to prevent locking up the fan with molten plastic? I want to use the solder iron to melt it off and put some oil in this bitch.

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why do you want to lube it up???

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Don't try it with casted ones, you will most likely destroy the fan. Most modern fans today come cast or closed, they sould be lubed up for their full life time. 

 

If your fans feel rough or make wierd noises than replace them completely or send them in if you still have warranty.

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30 minutes ago, Narnash said:

Don't try it with casted ones, you will most likely destroy the fan. Most modern fans today come cast or closed, they sould be lubed up for their full life time. 

 

If your fans feel rough or make wierd noises than replace them completely or send them in if you still have warranty.

It's starting to make rattle noises, but only starting at 25% fan speed, then taking a break until 40-45%, even though I'll never hear it since it kinda never reaches that high RPM anymore ever since I changed the thermal paste on it, I still want the rattle gone.

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Time for a new fan.


Most PC fans should never need service in their expected lifespan, if it has started making noise, it's either been forced off-balanced or the bearing is going already, in either of those cases, lubing won't help.

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