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I got spare fratzenjammer circuits out the wazoo. I inherited the lot of them from my crazy inventor uncle... but seriously, I managed (finally) to get the air conditioner back up and running. WD40'd the <expletive> out of the axle, and it got up and running again. I let it run for about an hour, then oiled it. It's running smooth now. Fun part of removing it from the recess was that it was installed when they did the drywall... add too close weather stripping around the drywall and wala wala washington, I have a running air conditioner but now I have to replace the drywall around the unit. I swear it never ends.
Found a replacement fan for the bathroom, went with el cheapo, and sure enough, the fan blades fit like a very tight glove next to the tube for the air outlet. Which brings me to my next problem. Now that I have the replacement fan mounted on the old bracket, it's vibrating... I need a way to stabilize it in order to run it, as you all can imagine what an unbalanced fan would do ... especially with that tight a fit. If I were to go with the housing that came with it, I'd have to open up the ceiling by about an inch all the way around.
I've considered crazygluing a shim next to the sides of the motor (some handy plastic guards it has on it) and attach those to the bracket. But now I'm thinking the whole bracket would vibrate with it.
I've remounted the fan onto the old bracket about 4 times now, loose, snug, tight, and <expletive> that's mounted really tight. The fan itself maybe too powerful for the bracket? Any ideas?
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