How to open a 12cm fan & paint it?

wanna spray UV on it..

you doing (WTS) Case Modding Service still needing ask stupid question like this? U lousy modder. I thinking u better don mod for others ppl if u dono easy mod for your own fan. Or better u sending to real modder like Allngap to modding your fan. I thinking u better dont mod others ppls things oso since u not know simple mod like this.
Don angry ar, I gif honest opinion oni.

Hahaha...right at the ballz

Luckily I still have the pics in online.

1) Fan satu biji..


2) Sticker kasi remove. Some fans have another cover for the motor (lil black wan in the pic)


3) See the lil white retainer ring..use a flat screw driver to force it out of place to and remove. Gotta be careful not to lose the ring. It may just pop out and go missing...then ur farked.


4) Fan blades can be just pulled off


5) If ya wanna remove to motor itself and its too tight...use a philip screw driver..wrap it with lotsa tissue..poke it into the hole...and hammer it to force the motor out

Maybe u should pin this guide la bro. Oppsss....u not MOD now but VIP

thx for the help..

Thread reopened. Really good tips from Sniper bout modding the fan.

AFAIK, there hav bn many times dis question was asked & complete guides posted. Guess it's time 2 pin it 4 once & 4ever. Like ikan mentioned

this guy Gaylord

Wah GayLord jiao jiao ppl ar? superdav is probably learning in progress so he learn while half way modding lor. Same as me here : start out as a noob and learn on the way. I'm sure even ianho have asked ppl abt how to mod b4 mar

that gaylord character is probably just someone who created a nick just to smack people....look at his postcount...its still at 1 heh....

but i like the way he posted man..... its like taking a sledgehammer and smashing the guys balls and then in the end say..."Don angry ar, I gif honest opinion oni."

but seriously...case modding and fan painting aint the same ler... case modding cut here n cut there.... fan painting requires some delicacy especially with the friggin ring

anyone know how to open tornado??

hahaha....no one here can do...i thnk la...

dun angry ya

tormado? NOKIA TOOLS KIT?

thanks wor...wat a good guide

Nice guide. This should be pinned IMO.

how bout CM fans?

ALL fans oso same ler.....

n i think sniper's post should be merged with the Case Modding FAQ Thread...

yeap...totally agreed...although i find taking out the "C" clip rather troublesome...always have the thought going through my mind wondering what if it snaps..

It's plastic lar. It won't snap. Ya just gotta push it down until it slips from the groove and then flick it out while covering the hole with your hand so it don't go missing in action.

The metal clips on some of those fast spinning deltas is another story. Those are da b1tch.

wat happened to gaylord?? lost his balls and din wanna come back?

dunno bout u guys but the LED CM is a bit diffrent...it doesnt hv the plastic cover after pealing the sticker.

Most fans don't have the plastic cover.

bltch....

That plastic thing which holds the fan together rite? i kopek until bengkok d.. when cleaning dust haha hope it wont break and the fan wont fly come out

Can i know if paint at the cooler FAN. can i use the ( kertas kasar to gosok it )??

huhu, at last i can try to modd my fan. i wanna ask this Q's long time ago, hate to be call stupid, beside i guess tis Q's being asked for many times...thanks arr, pls pinned for future reference..

Thread cleaned. Keep it clean n on topic pls.

This post has been edited by ianho: Aug 3 2006, 09:45 PM

wat happen if my fan got no clip or wadever

hey guys.... just wondering... if we open up the fan to paint... do we need to sand the blades or sumthin or can we just straight paint without doing anything??

coz i have 2 clear fans that i intend to paint and wondering if the paint will fall off or not over time

i got 1 tornado, i just direct spray it after clean by dry cloth, never sand it or take out...

*done it 2 year ago, and using it till now..

if u wana PAINT then sand it...if SPRAY then dunnit to sand

by water color?????

thanks for the advice.....

im DEFINITELY gonna be spraying it.... dun have the patience of painting.

hey...any1 help me on my fan la

^ i dont understand your problem..

u see my fan...post #27....cannot take out the fan blade

Got better pic or not? The one above so blurry.

emm...must wait....digicam at my mum there...gawddamn hp cam

i tried with water colour before, then when the fan spin inside ur casing will be colourful because the water paint will drop piece by piece like pizza, maybe can use clearcoat to prevent it

This post has been edited by unstoppable: Aug 15 2006, 01:57 AM

any tutor bout bearing fan??
i wonder why my fan so diff compare than normal fan.. i guess it's bearing...later try to upload photo
btw.. u all said paint?? u mean using cat??
huhuhuh
i just spray clear, then spray with colour

For fan without clip or any hole behind you can try to push the fan out directly, but don't apply too much force as it might brake the fins

nice guide.

yup
quite a nice teaching

can be done with cap-ayam fans too?

can be done on all fans...branded or not...

i've been searching for this tips for a loong time but did not found it.
thx

my fan stopped working and i don't know why...decided to take it apart and followed this guide...now the fan is working like charm...thanks sniper...

just wondering. i wanna add some lubricant to the fan. which part of the dismantel fan should be lubricated?

Just add some oil on the bush and shaft.

any guides for make the fan running without the frame?
i mean remove the frame from original fan,leave the blades only

uh.. so where's you gonna put the magnet?

u can, just potong the frame..
the 4 kaki that stick the fan to the frame...

or jsut buy this fan blade from uglyvamp.. hohohohh
his 12cm blades very tempting...

yo..show ur fan blade..i don get it how the fan blade frmo uglyvamp to fit to somewhere

ohh.. great guide. plan to spray UV on stock raidmax 12mm fan soon..

lmao @ thread. First reply already kena pawn... hahahahahahahaha kelakar lar this supermodder. Go everywhere in LYN also kena pawn.

Give to me the fan, i use hammer show u how to open it.

Same as above, use hammer on all CM products. Guarantee to work.

Just curious to know, is all the fan detachable? I mean the fan and the bracket? If it can be detach, is it just cabut the fan out or there is a way of cabutting it? Because i wanna wash it and i was thinking tat dipping a fan into a pail full of detergen and water is a bad idea.

Yes, fans can be disassembled, there was an old thread in one of the forums about it. The real risk of washing with detergent is that it will mess up the bearing-best if remove it before washing or you'll have to clean the detergent off, dry it carefully and reoil it. Otherwise your fan will die within say, 1 year.

Add: I could show you, but I don't have a camera. Sigh, always have to borrow...

This post has been edited by lohwenli: Mar 22 2007, 10:46 PM

i interest too = = " i just spoil a unused fan = = oull too hard fins break

Interest 2 dismantle fan here too. I been try dismantle a couple of DC fans b4 n not every type canbe dismantle rite? I broken a few of them liao

Er.. really no people here know how to dismantle a fan?

Here u go. The "How to remove fan" thread.
Threads merged.

Thanx moderator.. let see.. wanna remove the sticker and see whether got tat nut hole for me to poke..

will see how is it in the afternoon.. later got class..

Nice job uncle
Now trying to dismantle my delta performance 12cm DC fan
Too bad I broken d retaintion ring, fortunately got replacement for my performance fan from other fan

This post has been edited by jcliew: Mar 23 2007, 10:45 AM

Here I got sum addition to this thread
Beside d step posted by Mr. Sniper, actually there r also another type of fan which can be dismantle more easier
Here I show u guys d Delta fan I got


Plz note that d back side of d fan r without those retention ring show in d thread earlier
This type of fan's blade can be straight away push off from d fan's frame
Here d result


Note that d retention ring is located inside d fan's blade after taken apart from its frame
Hope this can giv sum help here

er.. i can't find any silicone grease.. but i found a silicon spray.. then i dun care and bought it.. haha.. dunno can use or not..

huh??dat easy to take off the blade??hm... afraid that it also can tercabut easily when high speed rotation..hehe

Yup, its as easy as ABC.
But those kind of fans got 1 problem which is a bit noisy compare to those nid to pull off d retension ring. But those fans' balde won't easily tercabut coz I tried install it back n power it on.
B4 u dismantle d fans make sure u didn't mix up what i explain wif Mr. Sniper posted previously coz their r different type of locking mechanism. If u straight away cabut those fans wif retension ring then u'll end up wif d whole fan's frame broken

oh ya.. may i ask which grease is the best to lube the motor and bearing?

those grease use in Tamiya mini 4WD cars during old days

not those silicon spray ah? Then hav to go tamiya shop to buy those grease..

if not mistaken, removing the blade with force is never a good thing as you will scratch or damage the bearings because you dont have proper mechanism to push it out vertically......if you just pull out like that, it will put excessive force on some parts of the bearings and will probably damage it...

this type of locking mechanism is longer available in production, these are really old models

let me show you the baddest and the meanest bearings to remove.....
usually found on Nidec fans.....just a wire strip bent into a C shape......

if you can remove this, then you're at my level already

till now i have not successfully removed Panaflo's locking mechanism without damaging anything.......

This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 27 2007, 10:16 AM


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Wow! That pretty tight locking mechanism thought
Definately hard 2 dismantle