broken fan

[Xrayted]

Btw, Kit did most of the work herself on that cycle. She learned how to do all kinds of stuff, even stuff the local Honda techs can't. It was worth it to us to revive an old bike. It runs great and if anything goes wrong, she most likely knows how to fix it herself now. There are things worth saving and others that will forever be just throw away.

As far as the fan... Are there things you can recycle on it yourself? Like the fan cage... can you use that for your veggies to climb on or put over a hanging bird feeder like an umbrella to keep the squirrels from sliding down and eating from the feeder? The plastic housing of the fan... could it be used as a little flower pot that already has drainage holes? The pole, can you use it in a sliding glass door as a thief deterrent? The wiring cord, can you use it to make a small indoor clothes drying rack? The internal copper wire in the motor... maybe you can unwind it and use it for a kids project? You ever see those where people make little statues of stuff out of wire and bolts and stuff? It's all in the eye of the beholder. Get creative and reuse what you can. Now, it's no longer a throw away, it has many new lives.