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Austin Bauer
Dodge Dakota
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6/22/2005
21:04:53
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I have a 95 Dogde Dakota Sport. I am having trouble removing the clutch fan. Does anybody have any ideas.
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HowAboutThis
Dodge Dakota
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6/23/2005
00:31:54
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Use a wrench.
No! Use TWO wrenches.
The clutch fan is bolted to the fan clutch.
Is it the fan clutch you're trying to remove, or the clutch fan?
That should keep him busy for a bit.
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Rob C
Dodge Dakota
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6/23/2005
23:49:18
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Try putting a big wrench on it and smacking it sharply with a mallet. Also, disregard clowns that come on this forum thinking they're funny, cracking themselves up. They're just fools amused by their own chattering.
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DanK
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6/24/2005
00:51:35
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Easy way to remember: Whatever direction the fan turns when the engine is running, that's the direction to loosen the nut.
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or
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6/24/2005
11:04:27
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Go to your parts place, they'll lend you the proper tool. Ask them, they'll know what your talkin' 'bout.
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galyion
Dodge Dakota
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6/25/2005
22:46:45
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it shoulf be a 1-3/8 wrench i use a big a$$ cresent wrench. the threads are right handed(normal)
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Android287
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6/25/2005
23:31:55
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The clutch fan was a pain in the rear to remove. I tried everything. Finally I had my dealer do it for 20 bucks.
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Geez
Dodge Dakota
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6/26/2005
00:14:30
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Yo galyion. Left handed, right handed. Doesn't matter. Didn't you read DanK's post? That method works every time.
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DSW
Dodge Dakota
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6/26/2005
02:38:41
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That works great unless the belt tension is too lose and the pulley keeps slipping before the nut breaks loose. My OEM fan clutch came right off no problem, but an aftermarket fan clutch I had wedged itself tightly onto the waterpump shaft.
I found this solution to the slipping pulley problem. Take a peice of 1/2" plywood about 16"x2", secure a 1/4" bolt that sticks out 1" to the top of the board. Put the 1/4" bolt into the pulleys hole and the other end of the board onto the truck's frame below the pulley. When you turn the fan clutch nut, the pulley will not turn since the board is wedged between the pulley (bolt) and truck frame.
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Austin Bauer
Dodge Dakota
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6/26/2005
12:42:14
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got it off thank you fro your help
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bigdave
Dodge Dakota
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6/26/2005
17:10:32
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I just removed the water pump and got a new one.
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MannyMoeJack
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6/26/2005
19:33:02
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How thick can you get?!
DanK wrote: "Whatever direction the fan turns when the engine is running, that's the direction to loosen the nut."
Then DSW wrote: "That works great unless the belt tension is too lose and the pulley keeps slipping before the nut breaks loose."
So what the F*** does belt tension have to do with knowing how to always tell which way to turn the nut?
Huh?
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Rob C
Dodge Dakota
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6/26/2005
19:41:34
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Found that the fan pulley almost always slips when you try to remove the clutch fan with a wrench by hand. However, when you put the wrench on and smack it sharply with a mallet, the clutch fan breaks loose easily.
So, just whack it!
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03dakR/T
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11/13/2006
18:29:03
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i have a 2003 r/t and i am looking into removing the fan. i have a stock electric fan and im going to put a 180 thermostat in will that keep it cool enough. and is there an easy way to get to the fan to remove it or just leave everything in place. thanks.
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Izzy
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11/14/2006
10:39:14
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Standing in front of the truck looking at the engine the nut must turn towards the passenger side to loosen.
I have a busted ring finger on my right hand to prove it as thats where I smacked the A/C compressor as I hit the handle of the wrench I was holding to loosen the fan clutch (I am a lefty so held with my right hand and hit with my left).
Stick with the ole saying "righty tighty, lefty loosy"
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