P38_Ireland
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Ok so have my intercooler and radiator out how do I get the viscous fan off? want to change the water pump and fan belt
Viscous fan removal. How is it done?
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bustersbus
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Ye should get it off wi' a viscous fan spanner and remember that it's threaded the opposite way
Looks a bit like this...
Laser Fan Spanner 32/36mm from Halfords Price £11.99
Looks a bit like this...
Laser Fan Spanner 32/36mm from Halfords Price £11.99
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Diesel L/H thread, Petrol R/H thread. That said, just undo it in the same diection that the fan turns.
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when i tok mine off i got away with using a 12"adjustable spanner and a hammer one good tap and i could spin it off by hand
P38_Ireland
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Ye should get it off wi' a viscous fan spanner and remember that it's threaded the opposite way
Looks a bit like this...
Laser Fan Spanner 32/36mm from Halfords Price £11.99
yes i have a spanner like that. now how do i get the viscous off?
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p38on22s
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put the spanner on the big nut behind the fan smack it anti clock wise and job done
P38_Ireland
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well my yoke must be different cos when i put the spanner on its just moving the shaft from left to right with the disk. i removed the pully with the 4 x 10mm nuts and now i cant get it back on so i can use it to jam the shaft and get the viscous coupler off. been at it about 4/5 hrs now. any more ideas anyone?
i include the following pic, its looking down behind the fan and the block my finger is pointing out the loose pully.
i include the following pic, its looking down behind the fan and the block my finger is pointing out the loose pully.
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bustersbus
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Ah'd keep tryin' tae get yer pulley back on if it were me. There might be a couple o' holes on it that ye can stick summit in tae help hold it while ye remove the big nut
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ok well seem there was a small breakdown in the communication maybe i didnt explain right i had the belt undone and the so on, but not to worry i put it all back to how it was so were back to square 1 trying to get the viscous off
ok so should i be hitting the spanner to the left in this pic or to the right in this pic?
ok so should i be hitting the spanner to the left in this pic or to the right in this pic?
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Try and get a long thin screwdriver or something to jam in on the small nuts and then a smart smack ( to the right in your pic) should loosen it then just spin it off clockwise in your pic.
When removing my fan the other day I got a 18" long flat bar, about 1" wide and 1/8" thick, it already had a hole in the end, and i managed to remove one of the bolts holding the water pump pulley onto the water pump shaft, then as I rotated the pulley the bar jammed against the crankshaft pulley, a few not so gentle taps on the spanner and it came loose.
It is a left-hand thread, so whack it clockwise.
It is a left-hand thread, so whack it clockwise.
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success!!! finally it worked, i cramped it with a crow bar and smacked it with a rubber mallet as apposed to a hammer, anyway its off now and waiting on the new parts to arrive tomorrow then hopefully i should be back motoring!!
here are some pics of the opperation!
here are some pics of the opperation!
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