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9RT9
Dodge Dakota
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11/09/2004
21:02:02
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I am trying to take the cooling fan off of my truck and need help. The truck is a 99 R/T. I went to autozone and got the fan removal tools but they didn't work. The manual says there should be four bolts on the water pump pulley and you have to hold those to stop the fan from spinning. For some reason I don't have the bolts and now I'm stuck. I've already bought bolts but it seems like there are no threads in the holes for the bolts to go in. I've tried to hold the belt in order to stop the pulley from spinning and I also tried to wedge something between two pulleys but that didn't work either. Any help would be nice.
Thanks,
Josh
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Trevor97SLT
Dodge Dakota
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11/09/2004
23:39:19
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I'm winging this off the top of my head so bear with me if I mess up.
The fan is held on to the fan clutch with four bolts but you don't have to remove those. The large nut at the base of the fan clutch is what you want to turn. IIRC it's 26MM.
What you do is hold the pully still with the fan removal too (does it look like a large jack handle lever thingy with a floppy thingy with two pins?) and turn the nut CCW while you're looking at it from the front of the truck. I have heard of ppl having success just slipping a large crescent wrench onto the nut and whacking the handle with a hammer. The impact is supposed to loosen the nut.
After that the entire fan clutch/fan assembly slides out.
Good luck.
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Robert
Dodge Dakota
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11/10/2004
16:22:45
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For what it's worth, I have never trusted Clutch fans and opted for a flex a lite direct drive. If you have the single threaded spindle coming off the water pump, I had the same question about removal. Somewhere on the site, I saw a thread about using 2 allen wrenches in the 2 bottom holes of the pulley, wedging a large screw driver under the right hand allen and over the left. Then using a large cresent wrech on the nut, the whole assembly loosened and came off. This of course was done with the top shoud/resivoir removed. Flex a lite 851 adapter, 1/2 inch spacer and 1519 direct drive fan went right in. I did use a little lock tight on the 4 bolts going into the adapter. BTW, with the adapter on, the pump looks like a standard hub of a water pump. While I was at it, I put in a 180 T=-Stat. Truck runs cooler, which I firmly believe saves on engine wear. Case and point, I sold a 91 Ranger, 4 Cyl. with the same type of direct drive fan set up. I had 211K on when sold still having the original water pump installed. I bought the truck in 93 w/ 25K on it. I still talk to the guy who bought it. I live in Florida and he flew down from Michigan and drove it back.
Just my 2 cent worth. Hope this helps.
Robert
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rtdkota
R/T
11/12/2004
09:32:11
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You have a universal tool for 97 and older water pumps-- to make it work-- poke some small bolts through the holes in the pulley-- put the tool you have onto those bolts (like posts)... it'll take 3 hands but once you 'clamp' the tool good with the bolts in there--- turn the flat wrench towards the passenger side fender to spin off the fan. It might take several attempts to get a good grip on the bolts/pulley, but it will work. The correct tool for this has the posts built into the handle-- like a glove it holds the pulley. I have one, but it costs $$$$ Good luck.
Sam
www.socaldakota.com
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