Fan Wobble Fix

Al Fixit 1000 can show you how to fix things around the house on his you tube channel.

[@mattevans6658]

Sketchiest fix ever 😂 well done

[@danlam9906]

Someone gona lose a damn eyeball…..but well done sir!

[@brookelord3448]

It's literally the way you balance a fan. The fan comes with weights. They are plastic springs, basically the same as this paper clip. But they end up in the trash. If you check online, you might be able to find ones that match the fan.

[@kipdrippers]

Like balancing a car wheel

[@ze2004]

@@danlam9906 thinking the same

[@originalhuggies9740]

Until you are sitting there minding your own business and a chip clip hits your eye going 60mph.

[@benargee]

Yeah if you regularly sit with your head above the ceiling fan. It's a good way to find what blade needs more weight but I would tape something on top after.

[@eastsiderc]

😂😂😂😂

[@wilbertortiz9469]

😂😂👍🏾👍🏾

[@clarekoloski8259]

Ohh, good point. 😮

[@Marlene5018]

I was los thinking about that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Colin_Robinson_EV]

We call that trick the silent sniper. You never know when its coming 😂

[@matthewimi]

Well that's just awesome. He fixes out of balance ceiling fans and lands planes on the Hudson and saves everyone on board. Talk about a jack of all trades. 👍

[@cghern75]

Well played, Sir.

[@matthewimi]

@@cghern75 I thought to myself what in the hell is what's his name doing fixing ceiling fans? I really thought it was him. 🤭😃😂

[@hyundaitib2]

😂😂😂😂😂 ur bogus af

[@matthewimi]

@@hyundaitib2 I'm glad you like it

[@arnedac9399]

He does look like Sully😂

[@allanbrown747]

"That will be $150 for labor and another $100 For parts,will that be cash or charge?" 🤣

[@fetsgaming5740]

Cash or *card. Not charge

[@richardchambers256]

That's an easy $250... 😁

[@daleburton1788]

As an Electrician we would tape quarters to the top.

[@qj9wg]

Did i fix your problem or not sir

[@daleburton1788]

@@qj9wg yes, it works well.

[@smallbeanmidoriya8784]

I’d be scared that thing would come flying off and hit me in head. 💀 it would be my luck😭

[@fyafeelings3976]

Square

[@oooooouu1]

He taped a knife 🔪 on first I can't show the video it's to graphic 😂😂

[@Stanley.77]

​@@oooooouu1 When I was a kid, my friend had a fan sort of like this one; 36" 4-blade "spinner" style fan. He once took two sets of fingernail clippers, opened up the nail file part, which is basically like a little knife...just not sharpened, obviously, then he attached them to two of the blades, opposite one another, using rubber bands. He got a bunch of balloons that were left over from either his birthday party or his sister's, turned the fan on high, and proceeded to launch balloons into the fan, popping them! It was pretty cool, and didn't damage anything other than the balloons, of course! 😂

[@Roman-kk1ic]

​@@Stanley.77 Welcome to Taco Bell What would you like to order?

[@1eyerasta]

Or loose a eye 😜 😅😂

[@animelovecutie]

That actually fixed mine lol, thank you so much!

[@matthewimi]

The thing I want to know is how did he know which blade was out of balance?

[@pizzamon795]

Trial and error is my guess, there's only 4 blades

[@matthewimi]

@@pizzamon795 Yeah right!? He's got a 25% chance of getting it right. Oh wait! I'll bet he had it marked and went through three different takes of that video in order to get the right blade. I got it now

[@DiyCommerce]

​@@matthewiminah, he's old and wise. 1 take. You watch one point and see which one dips as it slows. Notice how he watched it and struck at it to get the right one. It was intentional.

[@RealHankShill]

Or he made the fan wobble by placing a weight on the opposite blade for the video

[@nettlesac]

When it nearly comes to a stop,, you can see the opposite blade has something on it

[@batoulbaterdouk4604]

I couldn’t believe till I tried it - it absolutely works! I don’t know - just picked one blade that seemed a little chipped, and voila! Hardly any vibration! Thanks so much 🙏🏻

[@E-MAN979]

This actually really helped! I tapped it too. Thanks

[@PLAYBOI2k11]

Waowww Nooooo freakin' way.!!🤯 that hack actually worked dude,not to mention that annoying squeaking stopped too.!! Sweet.!! thanks dude.👍🏾

[@randy521]

This man is a legend for this one

[@robertbruno2501]

😂 supper cool now i know how to fix mine ceiling fan....😂😂😂,,,thanks😂😂😂

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

Hahaha.. He's proud as hell of that... good job buddy.

[@brwnbear9047]

Haha, this is a gold poor mans fix. They do sell fan weights now though. They have an adhesive backing and won't budge after installed. :D

[@thomastrainsmore2010]

Nice celling fan 👌

[@JoanneVasquez-xc8on]

Gots to admire, respect a man who listens to George Thorogood & the Destroyers and can fix almost anything! 👏👍😉

[@tridsonline]

👍🏻 Very clever, but how did he know where to put it? Or was it just a lucky guess that he got it on the first try, with three alternatives left?

[@AlFixit]

You are correct, I marked the right one first.

[@BADLANDSubstitute]

Improper fan balancing kits, you would use a temporary clip that you would put on all different areas of all blades until you find the best result and then you would take adhesive piece of metal that would stick tight on top of the blade that is the same weight as the temporary clip and it will still look nice while also balancing it, it’ll also avoid it flying off randomly

[@missingno.1184]

Wife: "Honey, what are you doing?" Clip: SHROOOOMMM WACK! Wife: "OH MY FCKN EYE!!!" Man: "Packing my sh*t"

[@CeilingFanVideosOnYT]

That’s a Hampton Bay Grayton.

[@BADLANDSubstitute]

Yezzir

[@thaxbest2180]

It’s a weight to counter balance the fixture. The fans typically come with Small one that sticks onto the top side of one of the blades. Electrician here

[@kevinmaxwell6610]

Measure between the fan blades and look for the widest number then pull the fan blade back over torquing slightly allowing for spring back. When you turn the fan on low does it still wabble? You can also adjust pitch the same way. Just measure each side of the blade off of the motor, not the ceiling because you can lean most fans slightly ,throwing numbers off.

[@kayapapaya55]

I subscribed! Love fixes like this

[@michaeltuttle6297]

How do you know what blade to put the clip on? Plus the fans come with counter weights when you purchase them.

[@DanielGalvan-bj7ou]

Very nice Grandpa you're a genius have a nice blessed day amen!😊

[@michaelsapoznik5984]

Well, that was a breeze. I'm now a real fan of this guy.

[@AlFixit]

Fantastic

[@michaelsapoznik5984]

Ended up being a nice video clip.

[@TRUUUUUUUUUUMP]

Also... just tightening the screws helps.

[@derfskittlers6125]

It's a balance thing 95% of the time.

[@TRUUUUUUUUUUMP]

Not true. I worked for an electrician about 2 years, we would show up, tighten all the screws, and it was like new again.

[@ToniaEstep-by6ct]

My ceiling fan does the same thing I've tightened all the screws and it still doesn't help I also tried this with the paper clip and it didn't help either guess I'll just leave the fan off

[@TRUUUUUUUUUUMP]

@@ToniaEstep-by6ct EVERY screw… the mount, and bracket especially.

[@BADLANDSubstitute]

Sometimes it isn’t just tightening the screws sometimes the brackets really are bent, I can tell because one of the blades is twisted and miss angled in the video

[@handemooor984]

Madre mía, qué trucazo. No sé cómo ha funcionado pero me parece buenísimo👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@Me-mn4nw]

Tacky! I thought you were a man who was actually going to fix it!

[@thelonewrangler1008]

How many times did you try before you actually put the weight in the right place?

[@ugmodude]

Red Green would be proud!

[@fpvflyer4758]

It’s the Cat burglar (Maloy) from the Simpsons!

[@richmoreno6479]

The paper clip. 😂. Good game sir. You and I are going drinking.

[@tyronlemons5203]

this is what I did on my ceiling fan and it's a 5 blade fan so it has a small challenge and that challenge was figuring out which blade to put it on

[@jstewart627]

I use some thick tape placed on the back side of the blade so I don't see it.

[@tonykosmoski3166]

Solid tip old man. Appreciate it.

[@1_star_reviews]

The wobble is inspiring though. It reminds me that life is short and I could ☠️ any day so I should love my life to the fullest.

[@rodgerpratt3199]

Great, now I think I have a small bat hitching a ride on my fan!!!😂😂😂😂😂

[@rafegroezinger3498]

Really thought with the audio and the way he looks it was a Megamind reference 😂

[@rarleyposting5546]

If you don’t want that flying around your fan, what you could do is put your hand slowly up to the fan, and feel when your hand hits the blades. If your hand hits only 1 or 2 of the blades, then your blades aren’t lined up. You can also tell just by looking at the edge of the blades while the fan is spinning.

[@AlFixit]

Yes if it was a blade alignment problem you are correct and thanks for commenting. In this case it just needed a little weight balancing, a common problem too.

[@farkmuckerzerg634]

Looked like the screws that tighten into the down rod were loose to me

[@Dan-hx9og]

I tried to put a ceiling fan in by myself once. It cost any double because I didn’t know anything about anything brought the fan Try to install it and broke it then I had to hire a professional.

[@DroneWolfMedia]

legend has it, he now wears an eye patch and uses a box fan. 😁 . Great hack btw.

[@warrenparker6287]

I just wanna 😅 Know how you decide what blade to start with

[@DETHdressedInRED]

I'd hate to be the neighbor who gets killed by a binder clip while taking my morning dump.

[@TC-dw6wg]

You gonna poke your eye out! Oh wait, that’s from a movie! 😂 Imagine explaining this one in the ER?

[@ΛάμπηςΒασιλειάδης-χ4μ]

Μπράβο σου . Εισαι γνώστης της φύσης των πραγμάτων.

[@1995dresser]

Works great provided you put it on the blade that's causing the out of balance issue

[@Starswake]

Only 4 possibilities.

[@birdy9922]

Most ingenious "murder-your-wife" plot I've ever seen!

[@richardchambers256]

Do it the right way and balance the blades. Match weight and straight, tighten hardware. Then add weight if needed. BTW one reason it's off Ballance is the way you stopped it with your hand, your forcing the blades to move out of position. I've been through all of this many times, had ceiling fans in every house I've lived in. They're great when there balanced correctly. Oh and make sure the blades all have the same bend to them. (Pitch angle)

[@drkcobra]

And how did you know which blade was out of balance?

[@AlFixit]

I marked it ahead of time so I would grab the right one.

[@AlFixit]

If you put it on the wrong one it gets worse.

[@OlderSoldier]

This guy understands helicopters hahaha clever fix!

[@javierrodriguez2863]

Give this man a novel prize, he did what engineers couldn't!

[@PaintHerWhite]

NOBEL prize, not "novel".

[@tombatteiger3149]

Awesome innovation. And if turn u were concerned about a projectile, screw it. 🎉

[@aviatortrucker6285]

So how did you get the correct blade on the first try?

[@AlFixit]

Already had it marked ahead of time. Was several tries.

[@T-HandyMill711]

Something my dad would do for sure 😂

[@RedragonKid]

If you want the clip to stay on there stronger, Put the clip on like normal and fold those metal things on the blade.

[@ChristopherGreen-we1nx]

I love the music 🎶 brings back memories

[@ashpasch6004]

Lol. Good idea . You're also pretty darn cute too.. just saying. Blessings. 🙏🙂.

[@hugoniggletz.5549]

Haha, my grandpa showed me this in the mid-90s must be general old guy knowledge

[@xwreck]

Cardboard tucked under the base works like a charm as well

[@Tiggy6481]

As a rocket scientist I approve this life hack 😅🤦🏽‍♂️

[@littlerayofsunshine69]

Find out which blade it is with the clip, drill a small hole in the end and run a machine screw with a lock nut into the blade for a more permanent fix that probably won't kill you. Add a washer or two for more weight if needed.

[@mathewconnell8805]

Nice tune great fix 😊

[@originalsteppa3461]

You sir are genius 🙄

[@southpole9450]

How did he find out which blade should be attached with clip. Maybe trial and error is needed

[@zeytitude]

The fan is actually silently screaming in pain, promising not to wobble anymore and begging to take the clip off.

[@samuelrobertson1669]

How do you know which fan blade to put it on?

[@Lurch2468]

I would have used some Alabama chrome...(duck tape) it fixes everything...🦆

[@David-th2ug]

Clearly a highly skilled aeronautical engineer

[@alchapo4133]

All these years sbody finally figured it out 👍👍

[@BADLANDSubstitute]

There’s been balancing kits made for fans for a while that look better and won’t fly off

[@BrianTreekiler]

You are a genius my good man.rock on brother

[@richardwestwood3861]

The fan is supposed to wobble like that, so it spreads the air further. The only time to worry is if it's wobbling near the top .

[@brookelord3448]

I've never been able to figure out where to put the balance weight. Someone told me to hold the fan on the edge of a table and spin vertically with my hand. The heavy side ends up on the bottom. This all seems like too much work.

[@AlFixit]

I just put the weight on the end and if it gets worse, then it is the wrong blade. After you find the blade that it works best on, then you just need to adjust how big the weight is.

[@Dysfunctional-Vet]

Tape a quarter to the top side also works

[@yruhatin100]

Top side of which blade?

[@richardchambers256]

The distance from the center makes a difference too.

[@mikemeyers4016]

Oh it’s gonna come off😅, question is when and what window will it break ,

[@scottosborne3042]

Perfect for taking out random kids that don't belong in that room.

[@stevenbennett3805]

How many tries before he knew which blade and where to attach the clip and how many different size clips before hitting on the right one?

[@g-man4522]

Until the clip comes off busts the TV.. the TV falls over lands on cat... cat runs around house trips wife over who happens to be cooking, hot oil bursts into flames house catches fire....

[@davidcaccam5094]

And that the same principle on balancing tires. Adding weight to balance the center of gravity

[@ellenjenkins2582]

Hey. That fan was clean when he shut it off though!😂

[@shaneapplegate1975]

I've been in apartments before we're the only thing you need to do is clean the dirt off of it and it is balanced😮

[@l0l0mgwtgdq]

Nice, they give you a package with a white clip and weights in the box the fan comes in to do this exact fix with

[@AlFixit]

Yep, usually gets lost before anyone puts it on unless they get it put on first thing like their supposed to

[@dougs6962]

That is true , but who can find them. This is much faster

[@ramserr1]

Never could figure out which blade was out of balance...just got used to the wobble. 😅

[@daprosceilingfans4221]

It’s a Hampton Bay Grayton

[@romainleon7375]

No shit, it worked 😂 finally after 8 years I don’t have to worry about getting decapitated in my office

[@ericvermilya7756]

I used to tape nickles on to balance the blades. Works until it doesn't 🤣🤣.

[@d0g3br34d]

costly fix

[@barnabyjones8333]

Measure from the ceiling to the tip of each blade. Gently bend them so they are all the same distance. (Fan stopped, of course)

[@cosmonation1840]

Bend them? Wood fan blades.. you say bend it? What the hell kind of dollar store fan do you have? Plastic bendable fan blades-

[@ticktickboom420]

If a fan goes out of balance try cleaning the blades. I "balance" them for $30 a piece. All I do is wipe them down real good. Back to factory specs.

[@gorgomond]

I tack on a weight to the backside of the blade. Washers work well. I'll use the clips too because i just need the fan to stop making that annoying noise.

[@MontyRoyal963]

The fan repair guys are PISSED 😮😮😮

[@mattrondeau7466]

Yes, because they studied for a job that doesn't exist. Id be pissed, too

[@JH-un8bo]

Fans with extenders often have a notch where the shaft can lock by rotating it.

[@Nolanbro777]

Yo that light bulb is huge💀💀💀

[@BADLANDSubstitute]

It’s probably just a regular bulb, but it’s just a light globe put on it

[@renemartinez3644]

Love from Nicaragua ❤

[@Markknott29]

Don Ameche looking good these days

[@tmcdllr]

Why is one blade pitched more than the others?

[@jordonmercier1391]

How did you figure that out?😮

[@AlFixit]

Heh heh, I marked which blade needed the weight ahead of time.

[@thcall6441]

One chance in four to find right blade to attach weight. I doubt the clip will dislodge. Good job.

[@michaelrosas1848]

Ok but how do you know which blade needs the counter weight

[@krislink1761]

Trial and error before making the video is my guess. This is not the most logical way to balance a fan. Old fans need to be checked over for loosened screws. New fans just generally need balanced. All fans come with instructions to do this

[@dirkdiggler1877]

Or slightly loosen the blades, turn the fan on for a few seconds, then turn off and let the fan stop by itself, then tighten the blades.

[@kaipo8489]

How did you know what blade needed the weight?.

[@dougs6962]

Why you got 5 blades to choose from. If one doesn't work, just go to the next one.

[@Thomashop225]

Brilliant idea it's like balancing a car wheel