Heatsink fan clamps

[jseitz81]

I put in a coolmaster 212 Evo cooler bout 2 years ago, after I did my cleaning (was pretty gunked) I am noticing the clamps are no longer holding the fan, when I say will not hold it, I find it randomly out of no where just sliding off. , I do not see any breakage or distortion in the plastic.but I do not want the fan falling on my video card.

I do not have any extra clamps is there any way else to fasten it on the heatsink, safely?

Any help would be most appreciated!

 

[greens]

You sure you have them on right? From what i can remember they are pretty freaking tight.

it should require some force to get the wire clip around the notch in the tower fins.

 

[jseitz81]

I remember them being tight too, now that you mention it. I will double check right now.

Update: So it seems it could have been on tighter, it was a bit outside the indentation. I guess I was being too cautious, I will see if it happens again.

 

[Eximo]

Unless you bent or broke them when you removed them, they should be pretty stiff.

I would hope they would have used a plastic that can stand up to repeated temperature cycles or high heat.

 

[jseitz81]

Its possible that that they are a little bent or worn out from taking it off/on for cleaning. I'm guessing this is the only safe way to attach the fans to the heatsink? I briefly looked on the coolmaster site to see if they sold extra clamps, but couldnt find any outside the kit Will check again, I may have missed it.