My fan clutch is getting a little wobbly on its shaft, time for a proactive replacement before it gets worse and bad things happen. I've been looking around, and I see replacement fan clutches run anywhere from twenty five bucks for some no name thing on eBay up to over 200 bucks and everywhere in between, mostly brands that I have never heard of. Does anyone have any experience with and feedback on the less expensive fan clutches that are out there, and recommendations for a decent quality replacement ??

 

Rovahfarm.com, check Trevor out because he has price range of them, budget to OEM. He's in Arkansas, mid country for shipping and is very quick to get your parts out.

Speaking of being proactive.......check the water pump snout for wobble too (pull up, push down). They usually head south as a team. Didn't know if you knew that but thought I'd mention it BEFORE you order.

 

The Hayden 2991 is a bolt on replacement. $57 at Amazon last I checked.

 

I did the Chevy fan clutch replacement that is in the sticky section. I bought a heavy duty and regular at Autozone with lifetime warranty.

The heavy duty was very loud and didn't keep my truck any cooler. So, I suggest the normal. I exchanged my heavy duty for a new one and sold it.

 

You know I was looking at the Hayden 2991, but for some reason it seems to be specified all over the place for the D2 but not the D1, and is rated for "severe duty." Wouldn't it fit on a D1 as well? And I see alot of discussion on here about heavy duty fan clutches being noisy and reducing mpg like Abran's experience, is the difference really that noticeable ?

 

I have not noticed MPG, But the noise is stupid. It made me feel like the truck was working so much harder than it was. I hated it, My wife hated it...

 

Abran, where did you go and what did you get? I checked out the local box stores looking for instant gratification, advanced seems to only carry a heavy duty fan clutch for the Chevy and autozone carry a heavy duty for AC, and severe duty for no AC. seems counter intuitive.

 

Here are the domestic aftermarket clutches:

Imperial - 215157 - I've used on D1's
Imperial - 215158 - I've used on D1's
Hayden - 2991 - I've not personally used

Here are the Hayden and Imperial (Imperial is owned by Hayden) catalogs with all dimensions
http://www.haydenauto.com/upload/Hay...yers_Guide.pdf
http://www.haydenauto.com/upload/Hay...n-clutches.pdf

 

Autozone. The light duty is a torqflo (not sure if this is the brand?)

Part number: 922626

Alternate part number: 215157

The heavy duty is a "torqflo"

Part number: 922786

Alternate part number: 215158

Comes with the bolts and lifetime warranty. As I said, I returned one for exchange with no questions asked. You can see them in their website.

 

The problem, for some people, with the two Imperial clutches is that they require drilling out the fan blade to 10mm.
The Hayden doesn't.