Fan Service

Why can't I replace the little metal piece that attaches my fan blade to the motor?

You wouldn’t believe how much trouble this gave me:

This is the “arm” of a ceiling fan: the piece of metal that attaches to the motor base on one end and the fan blade on the other end.

I learned this because one of the arms on the fan above our bed cracked, luckily not when we were there or when the fan was actually in use. One day I just found a fan bla…