After searching on here, didn’t see anything, so I’m posting.
I’m trying to get the fan clutch holes to line up with the hub so I can take the clutch off, and the hub. I need to rebuild the hub, and my clutch I think went out too maybe. The night before the bearing sleeve/ bearing failed my fan was running non stop. Dropped the load and got back home.
by myself it’s been tricky to hold the hub while prying the clutch over to get the holes to line up. I’ve been hooking up all sorts of macgyver’isms, nothing yet. I got a portable air compressor, so tomorrow I was going to see about getting a shop air attachment and shooting air into the hub, because maybe my clutch actually wasn’t dead and it’s just my solenoid. That way I can free it, to get it to turn.
any other ideas to get the two to line up so I can continue the job?
Trying to get the fan clutch to line up with the hub to remove, any ideas??
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Not exactly sure what you're trying to do. Normally I take the fan off and then remove the whole assembly from the front of the engine.
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If it does not have air pressure, it locks.
I and my mechanic uses a filter band wrench to hold anything like that. I got a bunch of them from harbor freight ... cheap and adjustable. -
prior to this post, I was trying to take the clutch off the hub, so I can take the hub off. The clutch is of course bolted to the hub, but the holes aren’t lined up because of where it’s locked in position. So I can’t get my socket wrench through the clutch holes to reach the bolt heads that holds the clutch to hubLast edited: Dec 14, 2019
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On mine, I took off the small 6 bolts that holds the plates on the back side. It will pop out a little bit but it won't bother anything.
Definitely do not just replace the bearings. Get the kit to rebuild the clutch along with the friction material and seals.
I highly recommend a kit from kit Masters. If you have any problem they have excellent support.Rideandrepair, spsauerland, stayinback and 1 other person Thank this. -
They can get stuck or seized in the locked position. We would plumb shop air to it which is about 150 psi and then wrap it with a hammer until it pops free then you can spin it to get to those allen screws.
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If the bearings are ok, that hub you can remove those small bolts on the back. Take the covers off and the friction material slides out the back.
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Or unbolt it from the block. That's were you are. Pointless to service the hub on the truck other that exchanging friction material. You will never get it done in that little bit of room.
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