do ceiling fans have a shear pin?

[EricU]

just smacked the ceiling fan with a piece of drywall I was moving, and the fan isn't working right. Acting like I broke a shear pin. Of course, it could be that I just broke something more expensive

[Mr_Mike]

Not that I know of.

[K. L. McReynolds]

Never saw one so far.

[FIB 1]

Did you check to see if the rotation switch has been knocked out of position? That did happen as a result of a pillow fight. Pushed it back to its end position and the fan worked fine. There was no shear pin.

[Herb G]

The high end fans have a pin with a clip that holds them from spinning on their motors when you turn them on.

[EricU]

this is a hunter. I tried to buy the best one I could, but the selection is limited at the BORGs. It does spin, but there is some scraping on startup and you have to push it to get it started.

[K. L. McReynolds]

Sounds like you bent the shroud and it is rubbing against the rotating motor part.

[Robert Adams]

The blades are attached directly to the motor.

[EricU]

Did you check to see if the rotation switch has been knocked out of position?  That did happen as a result of a pillow fight.  Pushed it back to its end position and the fan worked fine.  There was no shear pin.

I never responded back to this post.  The switch was in an intermediate position between forward and backward.  I must have hit it hard enough that it got dislodged.

[luka]

No, the ceiling fans don't have a share pin