<p>I broke one of the blades of the fan and that's making the x-box vibrate. Other than that it works fine and I can still print at a very low flow rate and a lot of noise. Will replacing the blades, not the whole fan work?</p>

<p>Found this and how to replace on thingyverse:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:186979" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:186979</a></p>

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