a friend of mine has a 05 750 brute force he noticed the temperature ligtt on and checked the cooling fan it was not running so he took a small hammer and tapped it and it started and cooled the radiator down he continued to run the engine and the fan cycled properly has anyone else had this problem and is there anything to do other than a new fan i think he said about 350.00 for one we have a ride coming memorial weekend dont want a breakdown if we can help it any help will be appreciated thank you

 

I just went through a "my fan is not working" thing about 2 months ago. It turned out the bus connector located in the wiring harness above the gas tank was completely corroded and not getting power to the fan break switch located under the seat. I would say check to see if you are getting power there and if not then you need to repair the bus connector. Remove all the wires in the bus and solder them together as is appropriate.

 

Yes the wiring harness thats above the tank is a joke all my wiring in the fuse box corroded off check that wiring and your fan should be ok.

 

yea the junk connector under the seat is a piece of junk. thats why they did away w/ it on the new ones. my friends overheater a few times on the trail until i bypassed it w/ direct power so the fan would run.

 

stendori,
Your best off repairing the problem wiring and not just doing a bypass. Eventually you're going to have a bunch of other things that arent going to work too.