My ceiling fan was making a squeaking sound when turned on. My husband said we needed rubber bands that they sell to put around the base of the light fixture. The originals ones had dryrotted which caused the squeaking. I promply handed him 1/4 inch rubber bands that I had in my "junk drawer". Voila! No more squeaking ceiling fan.
This page contains the following solutions.
After you have tried tightening all the screws, and checking to see if the blades are warped and they are not, most likely, the blade arm(s) are bent slightly. I tried everything, but this is how I finally solved the wobbling issue:
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I have and love an old ceiling combo of light/fan which needs a new double pull chain unit. Where can I buy it? I have someone who can replace it.
By Reva B
You can find the pull chains for lights and ceiling fans at a lamp store, hardware store and sometimes at a big box store. You can also order online.
This is a page about repairing a wobbly ceiling fan. If your ceiling fan is wobbling, there could be several reasons.
ThriftyFun is one of the longest running frugal living communities on the Internet. These are archives of older discussions.
We recently moved into a new house that has ceiling fans in all the bedrooms. During the set up of my son's bed, the ceiling fan was hit and now it wobbles.
