Easy... Go to your dealership.
DOH!
Just kidding, no seriously... you need to do the
following:
Start the truck, then turn it off..(have the hood
open) and note the rotation direction--
1) Leave the belt on
2) use a long screw driver to keep the pulleys/engine
from turning (you'll see what I mean when you do it)
3) Get a large wrench on the nut between the fan and
waterpump pulley.
4) Turn bolt in the direction of fan rotation to
loosen
(can't remember if is a standard or reverse thread).
You might need a second person to hold the screw
driver as a prybar to keep the fan/pulleys from
turning.
5) Once fans loosens, take a socket on the
idle-spring-
pulley, and turn clockwise with a socket/driver.
6) This loosens the belt, take the belt off.
7) Spin off fan CAREFULLY, and don't drop it into the
radiator. IT IS HEAVY, and can poke a nasty hole in
the radiator=leak.
8) once the fan is off of the water pump, loosen the 4
bolts for the fan shroud, and remove the fan/shroud
together at the same time (left up).
9) That's it! reverse to reinstall.
Sam '00 RT
--- DICEMAN469@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> I tried to get in there to check out the timing
> belt, but I can't get the
> stupid fan off. How do you get the stupid fan clutch
> off the engine?? There's
> this spring loaded thingamajic in the front, but
> doesn't look like any bolt
> i've ever seen. I can't even get the fan shroud off
> because the fan is not
> giving me enough clearance. How do I get this thing
> off!! Not even the Haynes
> manual I got is any help. I can replace head gaskets
> but not a timing chain??
> This is stupid!!
>
> -Austin
> Vipertruck
>
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