Cooling Fan Belt Jumped Off

[Alexander van Gerbig]

    I noticed today after I parked that my after run cooling fan was super
quiet, like it should sound.  Usually it's loud and sounds like a gerbil
wheel.  People ask me if I turned the car off or not.  I always figured the
motor was eventually going to die, but it was the belt or the belt-powered
fan blade.  I popped the hood to find the very small belt between the two
fans off.  I tried throwing it back on, but that ain't happening unless I
remove something.  Should I remove the whole shroud at the back of the
radiator, or can I just pop one of the fans loose?  Anyone ever have this
happen to them, and why is so noisy when the belt is on?  Could I leave it
off?

TIA!

Alexander van Gerbig -- '88 80

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