While I still believe Casablanca fans are the best you can buy, they've
always had one major flaw, The flywheel, which is what you screw the blades
onto is attached to the motor,I suppose by some sort of vulcanizing process,
and occasionally they simply separate. In my experience,(having installed
hundreds of these) it happens most often when the fan is hung in a room with
an active fireplace, leaving me to believe that dry heat affects them.
Anyway, if this is what is happening, its not something you can fix and
probably isn't worth sending the fan to Casablanca. Incidentally, there was
a time when Casablanca service was excellent, then Hunter fan bought the
company.
"jim evans" wrote in message
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I have three 20+ year old Casablanca fans. One makes a
knocking/thumping noise at the same point in each revolution - go
around, thump . . . around, thump . . . around, thump.

It's been doing this off and on for 5 years. Recently it has become
louder and persistent. The Casablanca Fan Company are a customer
unfriendly bunch. I call them to ask what causes this and how I can
fix it. They offer to locate a "certified" Casablanca repair service
near me.

[Off topic rant: The speed control circuit board in another failed.
This is two customer unfriendly outfits in a row. About a month ago I
called InSinkErator about my garbage disposer and got the same 'Get
lost. We're only interested if we can get more money out of you'
reply. Given the ridiculously high price and low reliability of their
fans combined with their customer non-support attitude, they've
guaranteed I'll never buy another Casablanca fan.]

A few years ago an acquaintance said it has something to do with the
flywheel needing to be repositioned, or something like that. Anybody
know how I can fix this?

jim
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