Pusher fan stuck

[Fusion]

I found out my pusher is blowing fuses because it doesn't turn freely. I can turn half a turn easily, but half a turn is hard with my hand. Its not scraping anything on the outside.
Not sure if its stock E30 or from a different model BMW, but it has two speeds.

What are the internals like in these things? I read something about bearings? Is it fixable or should I start looking for a replacement?
Driving it was fine, but when I got stuck in traffic, the needle got up to the 3/4 mark and that made me nervous.

[328ijunkie]

Replace it. Motor is dead.

[Fusion]

Bump.
I replaced the fan short after that post with a used fat one from an e34. Ran awesome, blew like a mofo.
Saturday I got the car all shiny and after a quick ride I burnt my finger on the resistor because the fan wasn't spinning. It's stuck again.
Do these things rust or something? The car wasn't driven all winter.

[328ijunkie]

The resistor will get burning hot no matter what but it may be that your resistor is fried (or resisting too much) does high speed work?

[Fusion]

Both speeds are dead and it's hard to turn the fan freely by hand.

[328ijunkie]

By a spal and be done with it.

[Fusion]

Ok I found the sixteen incher I can order, recommend size here on the forums.
Though I went through some threads, I'm not sur if I can just wire up the old wiring, it was working OK both temp swith and the manual buttons I have inside. Do I still use the old resistor?