Remove and replace blower motor fan

[Mike NXP]

I thought for sure I've seen a thread on how to do this somewhere but no luck. Only motor + fan replacements .

Has anyone removed the fan and swapped it to a new motor ? I think the fan is just seized on the shaft. Might just reinstall this and move on for now probably going to break the fan.

It's got a clamp that easily comes off but then it looks like there's a small plastic tab holding it on to the shaft. I've bent it back and tried to pry the fan up but it's on there pretty good.

 

[Mike NXP]

It looks like I can't even buy the fan cage on it's own ? Does anyone know how to track down the part number for the fan cage if I wanted to just replace it?

 

[Mike NXP]

It looks like some folks over on the 80 series forums managed to get it removed so its possible
>>Blower Motor Disassembly Question - https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/blower-motor-disassembly-question.1217989/post-13219576

I would say 95% chance I break something

They also claim new fan cages are still available but that was 6 years ago =/