Any secret to loosening the fan nut?
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Any secret to loosening the fan nut?
I have a 36mm fan wrench that I've been cracking with a rubber mallet for a bit with no luck. I put on a long extender and cracked on that for a while too. No dice. Am I missing something? Anything I can do to make this easier? I'm rotating it counter-clockwise facing the engine from the front (loosening direction). I hope I'm not doing this wrong.
#2
#3
I have the proper wrench – a flat fan clutch wrench. It has an insert so you can stick a 1/2" breaker bar in the end of it and extend it, which I'm doing.
Don't have any tool loan options where I am, unfortunately (out in the middle of nowhere in the Middle East). Going to have to improvise this one somehow. I could get the relevant tool shipped here (Viscous Coupling Holding Tool - Britpart LRT-12-093 at www.rimmerbros.co.uk) but it's damned expensive.
Maybe I'll get a heavier hammer and try that.
Don't have any tool loan options where I am, unfortunately (out in the middle of nowhere in the Middle East). Going to have to improvise this one somehow. I could get the relevant tool shipped here (Viscous Coupling Holding Tool - Britpart LRT-12-093 at www.rimmerbros.co.uk) but it's damned expensive.
Maybe I'll get a heavier hammer and try that.
#4
you can try and improvise by wedging something in the belt to help make it tighter to hold the pulley. No matter what I tried though the tool was what I had to have.
You might look into this one instead. It got the job done for me and it's a lot cheaper than the one from Rimmer bros
You might look into this one instead. It got the job done for me and it's a lot cheaper than the one from Rimmer bros
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#7
Rubber mallet?
You don't say.. Really?
Are you going to give the rover tea and crumpets too?
No way.
Whack the F out of it.
Get a 5 lb stubby hammer.
get a long wrench that fits.
Standing in front of the rover whack the top of the wrench from right to left or in the direction of this arrow here: <
Wedge the pulley with a crow bar and a rag.
If you are just going to "Play nice" with a rubber mallet you'll be at it for a long long time.
You don't say.. Really?
Are you going to give the rover tea and crumpets too?
No way.
Whack the F out of it.
Get a 5 lb stubby hammer.
get a long wrench that fits.
Standing in front of the rover whack the top of the wrench from right to left or in the direction of this arrow here: <
Wedge the pulley with a crow bar and a rag.
If you are just going to "Play nice" with a rubber mallet you'll be at it for a long long time.
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My issue with it was the belt and tensioner were so worn things were simply slipping about. I tried a bar on the tensioner, I gave up when I realised I could swap the belt with the fan on.
I'm guessing it would be a different story with a new belt now, but as yet, my nut is still uncracked.
I'm guessing it would be a different story with a new belt now, but as yet, my nut is still uncracked.