Viscous fan removal tool

I once found someone had Loctited to fan nut onto the clutch. Ron B. Yep, anticlockwise when looking from front of the vehicle same direction as fan. Just seems to be painfully stubborn. Also tried jamming a flat head against one of the 10mm nuts and the belt located under fan on right side to eliminate the 'shock absorber' effect from holding it by hand.

I'll have to scurry around and look for a steel plate I can make a tool similar to your beautiful creation. Thanks again all for your advice!

I'll be sure to check in if she ever comes off. Originally Posted by p38arover. The fan always unscrews in the same direction that rotates. I made a hub holding spanner but until I had it, just giving the fan nut spanner a sharp hit with a hammer would loosen it. Was shown a very good very handy trick. Fan did just spin off. Only need to hand tight when refitting :0 Used method with success more than once. Tried everything under the sun and have come to the acceptance that I need to use the nut holding spanner.

Anyone got a viscous fan removal tool they could lend? Located in Wahroonga Hornsby , Sydney Already have a skinny 36mm spanner, just after the one that holds the 3 x 10mm nuts in place. Otherwise, off to get some steel bar with a grinder in hand to try and make one. I've also done alot of digging and found too many contradictions to which direction I should be loosening Cheers, Rohaan.

Originally Posted by Rohaan. Cheers, Arthur. The fan always unscrews in the same direction that rotates. I made a hub holding spanner but until I had it, just giving the fan nut spanner a sharp hit with a hammer would loosen it.

Ron B. I couldn't recall what exactly I did to remove this one to change the belts on my td5 03 before but surely I didn't use any special fan removal tool as I did not want to wait for that tool. It was not an everyday job I love to do. Post by wonderloaf » Sat 22 Jan, Just too late for me pingu, I used another drawing from the 'net to make a water pump locking tool which was more complicated and actually didn't work too well, although it did the job in the end kind of.

I'll be making up a tool to your dimensions when I re-install my pump, think I may be needing it in the future as well if the pump goes again! Re: Special Tool - Viscous Fan Removal Post by Bin » Sun 27 Mar, I have a passionate disliking for viscous fans having had issues with them in the past on Range Rovers and the like; typically, Haynes to mention that left-hand thread ploy Good post, thanks.

Just how long is the locking tool. Tools in place How to use the tools The extension pole has to be carefully positioned between the fan blades to avoid damaging them. If you position the spanner so that it is below the locking tool and push down on the locking tool and pull up on the spanner it will come undone.

Brian 3. Re: Special Tool - Viscous Fan Removal Post by Brian4 » Tue 29 Mar, Too much leverage isn't good one of our underground fitters who was about 18 stone got bored of the section bolts on a machine coming loose so he did them up with loctite and a 10 ft long extension on his 24mm allen key. When it came to machine strip down nothing would shift them except for the gas axe which was on the surface.