Clutch Fan Replacement

[builtnotbought]

Good day ! Is it a pain in the a$$ to replace a clutch fan ? they want 325 $ at carquest and i found this one on ebay... what do you guys think ?

00 01 02 03 Ford F150 F250 Truck Radiator Fan Clutch:eBay Motors (item 230357848619 end time Aug-15-09 00:18:46 PDT)

[builtnotbought]

Somebody done this before lol

[builtnotbought]

[superxcrewfx4]

Honestly the hard part is getting the fan off the water pump other than that it should come out and the fan should come off with bolts i think, not sure.

[builtnotbought]

did you took it off with an air hammer ?

[Jarrod B]

use a air hammer or a fan clutch wrench that you can rent from autozone. once its loose it spins off, then remove the bolts to transfer the fan. spin back on and get it snug\tight and you are good to go. btw dont ding up your radiator or its a dent in your check book to replace.

[builtnotbought]

So you can actualy replace the clutch fan without removing the rad ?

[Jarrod B]

yep. its just a bit difficult cause the rad is there and that shroud is in the way

[daveyburt]

Maintain has an R&R vid for the waterpump which shows by removing the shroud bolts, you can slide both the shroud and fan at the same time....good vid, watch it.

I found that only one of the wrenches in the autozone kit works. The one that holds on the mounting bolts to keep it stable. Then a big pipe wrench works best to get the outer retaining nut off. It's a little bit of a bee-ach but not bad.

definitely a DIY job

[superxcrewfx4]

I took the shroud off when I was taking the fan out, they came together it was harder to do but easier to get the fan out. My buddy and I just used 2 gigantic wrenches and got it off.