I have 2 Kubotas. 1 is a B7001 with a FEL and the other is a L345. Last summer the 345 cooling fan hit the radiator. I still haven't figured out why? While I had it apart I went ahead and replaced the water pump and thermostat. As I was re-assembling it I noticed that the fan touches the radiator on the bottom all the time. The fan has an offset on the mounting surface so that if I turn it around it will be farther away from the radiator. Of course this will change the direction of the air flow from push to pull or pull to push. I did pay attention when taking the fan off but I don't know if a previous owner may have installed it incorrectly. My questions are does the motor turn clockwise or counter clockwise? (I cant spin it over right now to see) and will it matter if it is pushing or pulling? I would think you would want it to pull so if you are moving forward the directional wind could help. Thanks for any help.
Need help with L345
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Well I downloaded a diagram and it appears that everything is on correctly. So I guess I need to figure out why the fan is so close to the radiator.
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That is not true, turning it around will not change the air flow direction, it just will not work as well as the curve of the blade is different.
Give me a pic and I can tell you if it's on the right way.
And it might be that someone just put a new, wrong, fan on it, I've seen that a few times.