Background: So, my viscous fan pulley bearing has totally failed - the fan has decided to detach it's self from the engine. I had a fiddle around following a very good thread on here, but the outer race is still stuck in the hole where the bearing sits. Since I'm very busy this week I decided to simply take it to a garage and let them sort it out. No such luck; just spoke to them and they seem totally unsure of how to sort this problem out. I am therefore tempted to bring the car home and crack on my self.
My question: as mentioned the outer race is still stuck in there. There isn't enough room to get a puller in there, so its going to have to come out by slightly more "inventive" means. I'm tempted to cut it out carefully with a dremmel, however the garage (who I'm not sure I trust) say this isn't an option as swarf will fall backwards behind the bearing into the timing gears. Is this the case? Is dremmel assisted removal going to mean suicide for the engine?
This photo (stolen from another thread) shows what I'm on about: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attac...-replace-td5-viscous-fan-bearing-img_0199.jpg
My question: as mentioned the outer race is still stuck in there. There isn't enough room to get a puller in there, so its going to have to come out by slightly more "inventive" means. I'm tempted to cut it out carefully with a dremmel, however the garage (who I'm not sure I trust) say this isn't an option as swarf will fall backwards behind the bearing into the timing gears. Is this the case? Is dremmel assisted removal going to mean suicide for the engine?
This photo (stolen from another thread) shows what I'm on about: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attac...-replace-td5-viscous-fan-bearing-img_0199.jpg
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