Well, Dave's plate, if I'm hearing right, would raise the pump and shaft up, then? That would probably allow the fan blades to be above the top of the harmonic balancer, although I didn't measure to see how far up it needs to come. With the pulley on but the spacer left off, the fan and pulley fit like they should. But the blades hit the balancer on their back edges when they're turned. Got a link to his plates?
I'm still going to have the old one rebuilt somewhere. But, the idea of having a high rpm fan depending on a 1/4" bolt instead of the full strength of a solid bar of stainless steel doesn't sound like a good idea. No offense, but I'll pass on that. Not to mention having a bolt sticking out of the fan shaft blade. How could that be trued?
