REMOVING a Hampton Bay ceiling fan

roger3125 · #1 Jan 21, 2006, 01:24 PM

I'm a newbie to this site so forgive me if I posted in the wrong area.

I'm the process of replacing one Hampton Bay ceiling fan with another. easy enough job , right? Nope. I got as far as removing everything but the motor and the housing that is holding it. As I recall when putting it up some 9,10 years ago once you remove the 4 bolts holding up the motor it would swing down to the holding hook.

There is the problem, I removed all 4 nuts to the holding bolts and yet the fan remains solid to the ceiling bracket. I'm attaching pics of the 4 nuts and bolts. Does anyone see anything I may have overlooked?

From what you see shouldn't the motor come down?

Oh...I put the nuts back on loosely for safety sake.

Thanks all
roger3125

roger3125 · Jan 21, 2006, 01:50 PM

I'm attaching a few more pics and from different angles in the hopes someone sees something I missed

labman · Jan 21, 2006, 03:15 PM

My guess is that the rubber washers were compressed into the threads and then hardened over time from the heat. I think it will take more force. Maybe better to pry on it that just pull. Another thing could be some heat, maybe a hair dryer would be a better choice than a torch.

Also, any clues studying the new one?

roger3125 · Jan 21, 2006, 07:25 PM

By golly that did it! The old hair dryer trick. Think maybe I'll store it now in the garage rather than the bathroom

Thanks a heap. Please don't go far though as I plan to the new one in tomorrow

roger3125 · Feb 21, 2006, 11:27 PM

Haven't even tried yet. The problem is this fan is hung with a 4-inch tube and because my ceilings are only the standard 8 feet I need a flush mount. I was hoping to find a way to convert one like this to a flush mount. Any suggestions other than give it to a freind and buy a flush mount?

I'm waiting for the install manual that i should have tomorrow. Will be able to tell you more then. Thanks a bunch

roger3125 · Feb 21, 2006, 11:38 PM

Not yet. Hopefully tomorrow

BrDismas · Feb 26, 2007, 10:48 AM

I have the same model Hampton Bay ceiling fan, I need the mounting part that attaches to the box and has the 4 screws needed to attach the decorative covering. Any idea where to buy one, or what is the part number?



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