Thanks!
I have a wrench that fits the nut, just never occured to me that a whack with a
hammer would crack it loose, kept looking for a way to keep the water pump for
turning.
I will give the clutch a check, I haven't had any cooling issues. I was more
concerned that because of the loosenes in the shaft that it was hanging up and
not slipping when it should.
Thanks,
Dave Clement
99 SLT+ CC 4x4
In article <002701c46546$8d7779b0$040aa8c0@bernd>, fasstdak@hotmail.com ("Bernd
D. Ratsch") writes:
>
>
> Grab a wrench that fits the nut and whack it hard (to the left - passenger
> side). This will loosen the nut enough for you to turn it off the shaft by
> hand....or...grab the tool from your local tool-rental store (or
> AutoZone/PepBoys) and use that instead.
>
> On the clutch, it should not turn more than 1/8 of a rotation when hot. If
> it does...time to replace it.
>
> - Bernd
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> david.clement@verizon.net
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 11:58 AM
> To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
> Subject: DML: Clutch Fan Questions
>
>
>
> Last week I started loosing coolant and it intially appeared to be coming
> from the water pump seal so i picked up a new pump and was prepared to
> replace it. Once I got into the disassembly some it turned out to be the
> by-pass hose had a pin hole and the coolant wasrunning down the front of the
> pump and was being flung by the pulley. Easy fix and back on the road in a
> hour. :)
>
> Anyway, now for the clutch fan questions (Oh Yea, 99 Magnum 3.9);
>
> 1. How does one hold the water pump from truning so you can loosen the large
> nut that holds the clutch fan assembly to the water pump? Looks like you
> need to use some sort of strap wrench to hold the pulling but it seems like
> it's likely to slip if the nut is tight. What has the group done to take
> this apart?
>
> 2. The shaft going inside the clutch on my truck has quite a bit of slop in
> it (out at the fan blade tips you can rock them forward and back about 3/8".
> Doesn't seem to wobble when running and there is no fluid leaking from the
> clutch but I am concerned that the clutch is not releasing when it should.
> Any words of wisdom?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Dave Clement
> 99 SLT+ CC 4x4
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