Took my fan and shroud off about fifteen times this last racing season. You
can hold the pulley by putting a wrench on one of the pulley bolts and then
placing the wrench ("bar" part of the wrench) against the next clockwise
bolt. Use a straight, flat wrench - the longest you can. I thought of this
later - if you had a problem with the bar part of the wrench slipping over
the bolt head it was pushing against, you could put a socket on that nut to
give the wrench more area to push against. If you don't turn the bolt at
the end of the wrench too much, you shouldn't have to re-torque it. Better
yet, you can use an oversized wrench, and it won't turn the bolt head at
all.
Tate
-----Original Message-----
From: david zavetsky [SMTP:zavetsky@usaor.net]
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 8:17 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Re: water Pump HELP!!
You guys are saviours!
Now that someone has confirmed the way to do it, I'll try
again......I was
trying to avoid damaging the pulley, but it sounds like the only way
to do
it....
Thanks very much for such quick feedback!
At 08:36 PM 11/18/98 -0500, you wrote:
>There's a tool to do it but since I didn't have it I put a huge
pair of vice
>grips on the pulley and cranked on the nut with another pair since
the nut
>was too big. It takes a good deal of swearing to get it off but
I'll go. I
>had a friend hold the pulley while I cranked on the nut. It broke
free
>after a few seconds, don't worry about the vice grips on the pulley
it didnt
>even make a dent in mine when I did it...
>
>Good luck and watch your knuckles
>
>Chris
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: david zavetsky <zavetsky@usaor.net>
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 7:31 PM
>Subject: DML: water Pump HELP!!
>
>
>>I am trying to change the water pump on my 92 Dakota V8......
>>
>>I have changed pumps before, and figured no problem.....
>>
>>Well, Both of my manuals say that all I gotta do to remove the fan
assembly
>>is to remove the pulley bolts.....NOT!
>>
>>There is a large nut behind the fan....the new water pump has a
threaded
>>receiver on it that I assume will accept the fan
assembly....Problem is, I
>>cant get the damn nut to budge!!! Is there a trick to getting
this thing
>off?
>>
>>I tried leaving the belt on, applying pressure to the tensioner
while
>trying
>>to remove the nut.....I tried tapping the nut with hammer blows
against
>the
>>wrench....Then I removed the pulley bolts and fan bolts but
NOTHING can be
>>removed till that stinkin nut is free.....
>>
>>Any ideas??
>>
>>"M ove O ver, P ickup A pproacing R apidly!"
>>1992 Dakota 4x4, Standard cab, short bed, 5.2 L V8, K&N,
Gibson/Dynomax
>>exhaust,Power Puleys, MP SBEC, 180 degree thermostat,
Bushwhackers,
>>tire/wheel package, Lund Moonvisor & Interceptor, Custom Cover
tonneau,
>>Bundy rear bumper, chrome grillguard/pushbar
>>
>>see http://www.usaor.net/users/zavetsky for pictures!
>>
>>MOPAR or NOCAR!
>>
>>
>
>
>
"M ove O ver, P ickup A pproacing R apidly!"
1992 Dakota 4x4, Standard cab, short bed, 5.2 L V8, K&N,
Gibson/Dynomax
exhaust,Power Puleys, MP SBEC, 180 degree thermostat, Bushwhackers,
tire/wheel package, Lund Moonvisor & Interceptor, Custom Cover
tonneau,
Bundy rear bumper, chrome grillguard/pushbar
see http://www.usaor.net/users/zavetsky for pictures!
MOPAR or NOCAR!
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