Will do, when I get back home later today.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewMilne
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Will do, when I get back home later today.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndrewMilne
Ta!
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Originally Posted by bee utey
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The fan holder is made from approx. 600mm of 40x5 flat, two 11mm holes for the bolt heads and a chunk ground out with an angle grinder. The slight S bend means it properly engages the bolt heads because the pulley face is slightly dished. Because the pulley bolt heads have wide flanges they won't bend when under side load, providing they are tight enough. The fan spanner is a granddad's old spanner from who-knows-where, ground out with the same angle grinder to 32mm and 36mm as this covers most viscous fan units I come across. Old style second hand shops or country swap meets always seem to have a few of these giant old spanners that no-one will ever find a fitting bolt or nut for again.
Thanks Bee, I picked up a long 35mm R/O spanner at the flea markets yesterday and have the flat steel on hand, a bit of grinding and i'm sorted, next job is to turn up some timing pins for a head gasket inspection i want to do but that's for another post.
Geez fellows, those tools may be necessary if some idiot has loctited the thread on the pulley, however if you have got it apart once just lubricate the thread with some never seize.
From then on you can just put the spanner on the nut and strike it sharply with a persuader ( anti clockwise on a D2). After 2 or three taps it will unscrew.
I have been doing this for about 12 years now on an RRC and my D2.
The direction which the engine turns is a tightening direction and it will never come undone.
I must admit I had to make a tool originally as some pea brain had loctited my D2 when I first bought it, and it took about 6 hours to move.
Regards Philip A
1. Making your own special tools is therapeutic. Make the first one and become brave enough to make others.
2. Having your own special tools allows you to quickly help other people with the same problem.
3. Also you can undo something done up too tightly by your mechanic.
4. Having seen a few viscous fans drop off the spindle during shut down, nipping it up properly is worth having the tools for.
5. Losing a simple hand made tool is no biggie, you can knock another one up easily enough.
6. And everyone who puts any kind of goop on a fan thread needs donging, light oil and a quick nip is all it needs.
Ha. Had that problem this morning.Quote:
Originally Posted by rick130
My solution. Get a 15mm combination spanner on to tensioner bolt.
Get some rope with a loop in it over the open end of spanner. Loop it down under vehicle and up to roo bar.
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Push as far down as possible on the spanner, pull the rope tight and tie it off with a clove hitch. It is important to have the tensioner pulled over as far as possible.
The you have two hands to sort the belt out.
I found that having the fan pulley as the last to receive the belt was the easiest.
Cheers
