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Removing 80 series fan from pump
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 9:09 am
by jsttry
OK, next question for the day.
Got everything out for the radiator removal, final think is the fan. I've taken the 4 nuts off the blue fan "stem" but it won't budge off the pump. Any tips other than hitting with a hammer to remove it?
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 10:06 am
by Toy80Diesel
Did you release the tension on the fan belts? they usually just fall off once you take the nuts and wahers off.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:46 am
by jsttry
no but the belt goes round the black pulley, didn't think they'd affect the fan as the blue stem bolts to the pulley.
Re: Removing 80 series fan from pump
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 11:56 am
by Simo63
jsttry wrote:OK, next question for the day.
Got everything out for the radiator removal, final think is the fan. I've taken the 4 nuts off the blue fan "stem" but it won't budge off the pump. Any tips other than hitting with a hammer to remove it?
Just gently tap a flat blade screw driver in there to dislodge it a bit .. nothing hard, just gently persuasion.
Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:02 pm
by TheBigBoy
Nope, I just did it a week ago. Wiggle it from side to side, up and down really hard. Mine was way tight aswell. Using a flat blade screw driver only made it worse and even tighter on 1 side.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 8:05 am
by Simo63
TheBigBoy wrote:Nope, I just did it a week ago. Wiggle it from side to side, up and down really hard. Mine was way tight aswell. Using a flat blade screw driver only made it worse and even tighter on 1 side.
So did I when I replaced the water pump, thermostat, belts and every damned hose on my TD80 ... man I lost some skin from my poor little desk jockey hands. Anyway I managed to get my fan off by gently tapping a screw driver behind it whilst rotating it around until it was loose enough to wiggle off.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 9:54 am
by jsttry
thanks guys, screwdriver and hammer did the trick. just wasn't sure if it would cause any other issues.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 2:37 pm
by rockcrawler31
jsttry wrote:thanks guys, screwdriver and hammer did the trick. just wasn't sure if it would cause any other issues.
If you didn't undo the tension on the belts you probably just farked the thread on the studs.
as soon as i took the belts off the fan literally fell off.
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:10 pm
by jsttry
yes I undid the belts to allow the pulley to turn so I could get to the opposite side of the fan so I wasn't trying to jimmy off one sided
