[s-cars] Removing Fan Clutch

[JC]

LOL.  I thought you might haze me for telling my fan story YET AGAIN 
Tom...  I tried to keep it short... heh heh.

Good point about the rad / bumper. It's a billion times easier with the 
car in "service position".  One of those "seems like it will take too 
long but in the end its much faster to just do it than fuss around it" 
things.  Pull bumper, headlights, lock carrier... prop it out... voila - 
access. doesn't really take that long at all once you're familiar with 
the process. I quick welded up my own bumper-prop tool when I was doing 
my project, it was WAY worth the effort.

I kept my mouth shut also on the prior discussion about using alternator 
pulley and serp belt to hold things still but if yours is at all solid 
that won't work, trust me.  Strap wrench cranked down right on the fan 
pulley didn't even work for me, although some say that will work for a 
relatively 'loose' nut (aka not a salt/rust belt car).

Tom knows very well what I used in the end... (HINT: an anagram of 
LAZLAWS DNA CHEWNPIEPR)


On 12/10/2012 15:59, Tom Green wrote:
> Nice coverage of the issue, JC.  Now, we hope it does not deteriorate 
> into the coverage of those individuals who could not remove the nut at 
> all.  : )
>
> This topic was started by Tony Curran asking how to remove his fan 
> clutch.  Tony has an S6, which he has clearly noted.
>
> Anything to do with how it works on an S4 had no place in the 
> discussion.  Hopefully, Tony is also smart enough to recognize bad 
> information.  The pull the radiator advice with the bumper still on 
> was the real indication that your entire post was counterproductive, 
> not just wrong, David.
>
> Tom '95 S6
>          '95.5 S6 avant
> Knoxville, TN
>
> On Sunday December 9, 2012, at 6:29 PM, John Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Often it is and seems the early S cars are. On my bimmer the 
>> alternator is LH thread like that. But on some cars its not. And is 
>> not on the later UrS cars. I could mail you the nut from mine, I have 
>> it lying around somewhere... Trust me. RH. When mine was frozen I 
>> killed myself trying it both ways wondering if I was tightening or 
>> loozening. Great topic of debate since anybody who's done it is 
>> convinced they all are like his... But seems there was a changeover 
>> at some point.
>>
>> Sent from iPad
>>
>> On Dec 9, 2012, at 16:06, "David Giannandrea" 
>> <david.giannandrea at sbcglobal.net 
>> <mailto:david.giannandrea at sbcglobal.net>> wrote:
>>
>>> Look at the way the fan blades work: fan resistance should be 
>>> locking the  nut against spindle rotation. I' m  certain the urS4 is LH.
>
>>> On 12/09/2012 20:12, JC Cunningham wrote:
>>> not necessarily.  later cars aren't LH. mine certainly wasn't.
>>>
>>> On 12/9/2012 12:19, David Giannandrea wrote:
>>> Remember, it's LH threaded. As I recall, you will have to loosen the
>>> radiator supports to make some room...maybe even pull the radiator. The
>>> bumper can stay on. Good luck.
>>>
>>> David G.
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