CEILING FAN WOES-- WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THIS

this is a desperate cry for help...... in the past i've uploaded pictures of this fan and in fact, it may be my favorite fan, constantly blowing down cool air beams on hot and humid days. and in the same past i know ive received views from many-a ceiling fan fan forums which apparently exist. so please, let my message reach you, tell me how to ail my sickly friend... before its too late!!

the facts are these:
-it wont even start until i put it on maximum speed and it seems like MAYBE... somethings stuck/loose in the motor, rotor, whatevers inside my good old pal (thats my hypothesis at least and i dont mean to brag but i'm a junior detective)
-its a lot louder than it sounds in the video
-been happenin for a while now but i'd let it run its course and it would finish in a minute or two
-if that didnt work i would re-angle it slightly (a feature i didnt even know possible until very recently)
-i dont want to call a mechanic because... i dont like people coming in my room : - (
-no clue how old this babe is

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• fan
• broken
• motor
• spinning
• whining
• air
• breeze
• gust
• fix
• help
• mechanic
• assistance
• oh
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[5876mg]

@FanOfVacuums2 If you say so but I don't know about that.

[FanOfVacuums2]

You can also try to just oil it.

[FanOfVacuums2]

@5876mg No. It's too good of a fan to just waste like that. It is a fixable problem. All it needs is a good cleaning and replacement bearings.

[5876mg]

Replace this fan and buy a new one.

[dickcheney6]

You need to oil it. Depending on how it's built, it may be easier to lube it if you dismantle it from the ceiling first

[oneoutoffivestars]

Is the blade pitch backward, or the camera was flipped.

[kbhasikevin]

check the bearings and oil it

[jonahmusto]

It is not casalanca delta. It has the backward blade pitch.

[Jean2291]

That is a Casablanca Delta. REALLY good fan you got there! If the flywheel was broken I guess it would not run at all so like it can start on high but makes that sound, the flywheel on it must be just loose and fallen and the reason why its making that sound must be because the flywheel and bearings is sitting on the switch housing and rubbing against it and also the weight of the blades against the switch housing makes it too heavy to start on low and medium. Do what thfanman told you to do.

[mrfanman2u]

Yes, indeed a broken flywheel. Been there. It's fairly simple to replace if you know what you're doing.