TD5 fan coupling lh or rh thread ?

[Rosscoe68]

got my new upgraded intercoooler today, will start to fit it tomorrow and see how it goes. will try and take piccies as i go and do a "how to"

only question i have is the coupling for the fan, is it left hand or right hand thread ? i tried to remove it once before and had absolutely no luck budging it.

[spudboy]

Normal thread. Not left handed.

[p38arover]

The answer to this question has been posted several times before and applies to all cars with threaded couplings:

Undo it by turning the nut in the same direction that the fan normally rotates. Think about it and you'll see why.

Then you will remember.

[Rosscoe68]

so, tried to udo it and no luck, went to local mechanic and he got on teh front rad support with a big thumposcope and super big open end ring spanner and wacked it a bunch of times and said "that ain't gunna move" interestingly he has a rangey 4.6 that just threw a leg and has just pulled the motor out and said when i rang him up prior to going round, "yeah bring it round, just took the fan off my rangie i will get it off for you in a few minutes"

so, take it to the stealers and get them to remove the fan using the special tools ?

[p38arover]

Someone had Loctited it on my previous RR. That was a bitch to remove.

[Urban Panzer]

Never really understood the "wack it" method, because if it is very tight, it will just spin the pulley under the belt...........well mine did.

I just hooked up 3 bits of ali flat bar, bolted them into a Y shape, drilled 2 holes in the ends of the Y that line up with the pulley bolts, and used that to hold it whilst un doing with a viscous fan spanner, was f'ing tight, but it came un done in the end.

[p38arover]

Whacking it relies on the inertia of the pump, pulley drag, etc, to allow the nut to come loose. It works.

[Scouse]

so, take it to the stealers and get them to remove the fan using the special tools ?

What special tools?

Oh, you mean the BIG hammer .