D2 water pump pulley remove
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if it's the fan you're trying to remove, I don't think it makes a difference if the belt is on or not. Put spanner on nut and knock it with a hammer.
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Fan nut will not budge
Thanks for the replies. The whole pulley moves because the bearing had shattered I believe. Pulley is jammed in place with piece of wood and wedges to be able to get a good strike with a hammer but this fan nut will not budge. With the fan in place I cannot get in to heat the nut which would release it. I am thinking that the only way is to cut all the blades to get the fan out to access getting some heat on that nut.
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Water pump bearing knackered
No neither of those would work. Pulley is jammed in place but the nut will not move. Going to have to cut the fan blades off with the dremel to get some heat on the nut. Or maybe I can get the pump off now that I have access to the flange bolts.
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Thanks for the replies. The whole pulley moves because the bearing had shattered I believe. Pulley is jammed in place with piece of wood and wedges to be able to get a good strike with a hammer but this fan nut will not budge. With the fan in place I cannot get in to heat the nut which would release it. I am thinking that the only way is to cut all the blades to get the fan out to access getting some heat on that nut.
2-weeks after I bought this D2 the water pump went out and the fan clutch wouldn't come off. you will need a new fan clutch for the new water pump so do what I did and remove the water pump with the fan on it and trash the whole assembly and get some new gear.
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Thanks for the replies. The whole pulley moves because the bearing had shattered I believe. Pulley is jammed in place with piece of wood and wedges to be able to get a good strike with a hammer but this fan nut will not budge. With the fan in place I cannot get in to heat the nut which would release it. I am thinking that the only way is to cut all the blades to get the fan out to access getting some heat on that nut.
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Thanks again for the replies!
Persistence worked. Left it till next morning. Drove my wood wedges in a bit firmer, put the spanner on and wacked it 10 times with my 2lb rubber hammer and it came loose! Funny how in the Atlantic British video he just had to whack it once? Here is one I did earlier!