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Sunbeam Rubber fan screw help.

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de8212

Diamond Member
Not sure exactly how to describe this but i will try. If all else fails, i'll take some pictures.

When I first got my antec super lanboy it came with tubber screws and I easily installed my rear fan. I ordered another fan recently so I figured I would get a pack of these screws to install the new fan with. Here is a link to the screws.
Click.
Look at the one on the farleft. Is the "gap" on the right side of that rubber screw supposed to be where the fan goes? And then the point on the left side should be inserted through the case until the smaller "gap" fits in the case?

Does that make sense?
 
--<-|-->--

That's a lot of artistic interpretation you're going to need, but basically, if you can relate that collection of symbols to the rubber screw things, the thin gap( <-| ) is where the case if going to be, then there's the largest diameter circle of rubber that sits between the fan and the case, then the -- between the | and the > is where the screwhole of the fan case goes.

That should clear it up I hope? 🙂
 
Thanks. That's waht I thought. How on earth do you get the --of the |--> into the screw hole that is on the fan? I tried to pull three different ones through the hole by pulling the >-- in there but they just break.
This is on a panaflo 120mm fan that is a little deeper than the normal stock fan. I also have some regualr 120mm fans and tried with them also and the rubber screws just break.
 
I would strongly suggest against using the Sunbeam do-dads. Zap said the are as hard as the hubs of hell and a real bear to squoze in. Go to the next page in your link and get the kit of four softer rubber do-hickies. That's what I'd do anywho 😉


...Galvanized
 
I will check on that Galvanized. Actually, I already just put some bolts/nuts in it to hold it still. I may just leave it that way. Not I don't hear any vibration sound or anything so it should work. Although I could only get three in there because this case is so darn small. It doesn't budge a bit.
 
GY is correct, I had some of these and they are... to put it bluntly CRAP. I don't usually say that about products but these have absolutely no use beyond separating you from your $4. I have absolutely not been able to get them to work, and I also have a Super LAN Boy case and know how easy the originals were to use. There are two other people here at Anandtech (JBDan and Gamingphreek) who have bought these Sunbeam micro-buttplugs and have also found that they don't smell nice, figuratively speaking. At Silentpcreview.com forums, people have talked about these and the consensus is that it is impossible to install them.

My gut feeling (unless that's indigestion) is that Sunbeam just blatantly ripped off the design of existing products and then started selling them for cheap without ever testing them. If one person at Sunbeam had tried to actually install a fan using these excuses for fan screws, they would have determined that indeed the product is a failure.

If you want something that works... I don't have personal experience with the product but...

AcoustiProducts Vibration Dampers review

8/$3.95 at Coolerguys
 
thanks for the links Zap. I wish I would have known before hand and I never would have bought these. Makes me want to get a refund just on principle. Probably not worth the trouble though.

I will just keep my bolts/nuts on the fan for now. Seems to be working fine.
 
I also had a beatch of a time with those sunbeam rubber pins. I tried every lube I had around here that was safe for rubber and I could never pull one thru the hole in a fan frame. I think there is only one thing I haven't tried yet (short of drilling the holes out a bit)...

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: Zepper
I tried every lube I had around here that was safe for rubber and I could never pull one thru the hole in a fan frame. I think there is only one thing I haven't tried yet
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KY? 😛

You make person #5 that I know of here who got ripped off with this Sunbeam crap (de8212 is #4). Has anyone gotten them to work?
 
Sheesh, just went to the manufacturer's site (sunbeamtech.com is really slow, sunbeamtech.us is USA site) and they don't even acknowledge making these things.
 
No, KY was one of the first I tried... Along with detergent in water (like they use on tires at the tire shops), the Target equivalent to Astroglide, etc. Anyone interested in a mass complaint to the FTC? I'm sure there is a law against selling a product that is grossly unsuited for the application for which it was offered for sale.

The thing I haven't tried (or at least can't remember trying - may have a touch of that old-timers' syndrome... ) is Silicone spray. But there's no going back when you spray rubber with silicone as it is incorporated into the material and can't be washed off with water.

.bh.
 
You guys don't know how happy this makes me. I tried for about 30 miunutes with these things and just knew I was missing something. I figured I would come on here and ask and there would be a simple solution.
But I really do hate the fact that a company can sell a product that obviously does not work. i alos bought a sunbeam rheostat and was thinking of not using it. Wonder if the place I bought this stuff from has a good return policy?
 
The Sunbeam Rheobus is an excellent, simple fan contoller. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water...

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: Zepper
The Sunbeam Rheobus is an excellent, simple fan contoller. Don't throw out the baby with the bath water...

.bh.
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Oh, I know. It's just that i thought I would need it but now I don't see the point. All my fans are keeping everything cool and they are max speed. No issues with sound as far as it being louder than before. I may just keep it and hook it up for the heck of it.

 
Originally posted by: Zepper
Anyone interested in a mass complaint to the FTC? I'm sure there is a law against selling a product that is grossly unsuited for the application for which it was offered for sale.
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Not just unsuited, but unable to. Sure, I'd be willing to put my real name on such a complaint.
 
I have sent an email off to "Frank" @Sunbeamtech.com. Here 'tis:

"Hello Frank,

At least five of us (including some influential Elite
members with long technical experience) on http://
forums.anandtech.com have had problems with your rubber fan
"screws" in that they refuse to go through the mounting
holes in normal fans - they generally pull apart well
before that would ever happen. I personally have tried
both pushing and pulling as well every (rubber safe)
lubricant I can think of with no success and the others
have done likewise. It is apparent that no real batch
testing was done on them prior to offering them for sale.

What do you suggest as our next step? Have you replaced
the early, failed design with one that actually works so
perhaps an exchange is in order? Are you offering refunds
or have a recall program?

Awaiting your reply,"


Let's see wha hoppens...

.bh.
 
Cool. Are you a member of SPCR forums? I'm sure a few people over there have had the same regrettable results as us.
 
ya, these suck, I am yet another who was taken for his cash. I managed to get them into the fan, but getting them into the case
AND the fan is damn near impossible.
 
FWIW, the new black pins that http://www.jab-tech.com is selling work mucho better with a little lube. They resist going thru the holes mightily without any lube - I thought I was "rubber srewed" again for a minute there...

I had had no reply as yet, so I mentioned our campaign to the owner of Jab-tech and got an address: paul@sunbeamtech.com . So I just sent a copy to him.

Also started a thread on this issue over at SPCR with a poll. Last time I looked there was no one but me but it's still the middle of the day. Hoping the thread gets some hits this evening. I asked for a stickie.

OP, How about adding a simiar poll to this thread?

.bh.
 
Originally posted by: Abhi
Will it help if the screws become a little softer?

Because there is a way to do that 🙂
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By all means, if you have a remedy for this please share with everyone.
 
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