i looked in my manual under fan cluch removal and it says it is threaded. shows a "special tool" to remove the fan clutch, but says that a strap wrench can be used on the clutch to unthread it. standard right hand thread, according to haynes.

sorry ... as i've said, i've never had to work on my exploder, so my experiences are on 5.0's in cars mostly, which are different apparently.

for the amount of work you are doing on this, you should really have a manual.

 

Pay attention to post #44.... I made the "special tools" in 15 min...... Philip

 

Post 44 says its reverse thread. I got the pump, fan and clutch out all at once. If its regular thread as i'm being told now, that explains why i couldn't get it off. I beat on the pump fins with and all that happened is the fins spun on the shaft. Obviously i have been beating on it the wrong way.

 

Beating on any mechanical fixture is a poor repair or diagnostic procedure... Philip

 

just for the sake of clairity .... which is it, left or right thread.

all i know is what is in the haynes manual, which has already been proven wrong once.

just wondering so i can make myself a note in the book in case i ever have to work on it in the future.

 

Haynes are best employed as fire starters..

Counter clockwise......

 

Not always. Sometimes a good beating is all it takes to make thing work right. I've been beating on the pump fins because the pump is junk anyway. I think im gonna cut the fins off the shaft and weld a nut to it, then use an impact on it and the clutch wrench on the other side and see if i can't get it apart that way. Threading those on is one of the dumbest ideas i've ever seen.

In red, exactly why i don't have one for this truck. They aren't always correct. I never really need them anyway. I have enough experience as a mechanic that they really don't tell me anything i don't already know or couldn't figure out or get on the forums and ask. The only thing i find them useful for usually is wiring diagrams and torque specs, which i can find those online for free rather than spending 20 bucks on a damn book with inaccurate information.


Now, one other question for you guys, how hard is it to put a tensioner back together, if possible?

 

I just replaced it, but the bearing was shot, and I was standing in a snowbank at the time...

 

A snow bank? Where do you live?

 

I meant that rather than fix it, I replaced the complete unit. The truck was in Minneapolis, My son was driving it down the road and the tensioner bearing went out, throwing the belt and overheating the motor. It was a few years ago during a snowstorm that dumped about a foot of snow, so the truck was in a parking lot that had been plowed so they piled snow up around the truck before I got to it. Temp was about 10 degrees outside.