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• WD40 definitely helps. Few sprays and then left for 1 hour and fan easily removed By JAT - Cheshire UK - 27 March 2019
• This would not have been possible for me without the above advice, thank you all! I'm going to bed. (Service excellent, arrived less than 24 hours after ordering and works perfectly) By BLM - - 22 December 2016
• Definitely worth using WD40 or similar. I spent ages failing to prise it off, then gave it a shot of GT85, waited a couple of minutes and it came off quite easily. By al - Cambridge - 16 February 2016
• Once the fan is off. cut a notch out of the fan so you can remove the element without taking the fan off again. By DRH - United Kingdom - 03 May 2015
• the nut holding the fan is reverse threaded so you need to turn it clockwise. You then need to remove the small washer. A bit of WD40 and patience should allow you to slide the fan off. By novicefitter - yorkshire - 23 April 2010
• Remove oven from housing, unscrew back panel to get access to cables and screws to fan housing. Remove three screws to fan housing at the back and it will loosen fan inside oven. tilt fan down whilst unscrewing top screw to element. Is a fiddle but will work. By burner - London - 27 February 2010
• Reverse threaded nut, hold fan and turn nut, prise off the retaining washer and then pull the fan forward (sharp tug required) - hey presto screw is ready to remove. By Fennelli - Shoeburyness, Essex - 26 February 2010
• I was unable to remove my fan in order to get to a screw behind the fan to remove the old element. There were 3 screws on the back board of the oven which I removed which did loosen the fan to some degree in order for me to get the screwdriver in to remove the one difficult screw!!! Perserverance does pay off... By HappyFeet1 - - 17 August 2009
• Remove the retaining nut and washer by turning the nut ANTI-CLOCKWISE and then pull hard on the fan plate. It WILL come off (maybe WD40 will help) By Anonymous - south west - 12 August 2009