Easy way to remove the water pump
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Easy way to remove the viscous fan
There does not seem to be a general consensus on the best way to remove the viscous fan so here is how I did it. This only works with the belt on. These pictures are after the fact so keep the belt on. Also the Wrench is a 36mm wrench from Northern Tool, it's under $15.
1) Make a simple tool like this out of a piece of steel bracket and a bolt thin enough to fit in the spanner holes on the pulley then cut the bolt short:
2) Turn the pulley so a spanner hole is on the right side. Then put the spanner tool in the hole and put the wrench over top of it. Then clamp the spanner on the PAS pulley with a vise grip.
3) Now whack the wrench to the left with a rubber mallet:
1) Make a simple tool like this out of a piece of steel bracket and a bolt thin enough to fit in the spanner holes on the pulley then cut the bolt short:
2) Turn the pulley so a spanner hole is on the right side. Then put the spanner tool in the hole and put the wrench over top of it. Then clamp the spanner on the PAS pulley with a vise grip.
3) Now whack the wrench to the left with a rubber mallet:
Last edited by lipadj46; 11-15-2009 at 07:48 PM.
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Yes any 36mm wrench should fit, the Northern Tool wrench is beefy but fit. My large craftsman adjustable wrenches are too thick to fit. It is pretty hard to get a strap wrench in there because there are pulleys all around, remove the PAS pulley and idler pulley and that will probably work with a strap wrench though you may need a 2nd set of hands.
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