Water pump pulley trick

[powerplant]

Ok whats the trick on getting the fan off ive been here before but had to take pulley lose and pull fan cover pulley and fan out all together but that was no fun. The belt wont hold the pulley. That fan gets tight. i thought about a strap wrench. Thanks

[rankroddin250]

vise grips on the pulley. some times you gota get a buddy to hold em.

[Marty]

pipe wrench on the one... and the rented one from autozone...

I have a water pump video writeup in the tech files you may be interested in.

[alberta 7.3]

Strap wrench works...and the clutch is right hand thread (righty-tighty/lefty-loosey)
Grunted like an idiot on my truck thinking it was left hand thread

[powerplant]

mine is marked on the fan cover right handed. Vise grips sounds rough.Well guess im going to have to buy a strap wrench thanks.

[strokin_early_99]

I use a vise grip strap(actually chain) wrench to hold the pully while I used a wrench on the fan nut.

[alabamafrog]

I keep an old serpentine belt for using like a strap wrench, I just wrapped it around the pulley a few times and hooked it on something stationary while I used a crescent wrench with cheater pipe to break it loose. I need to buy a strap wrench to make it easier next time.

[sawyer1]

I rented tools from autozone and those make it pretty easy just kills the knees to change it and i had to have a buddy hold one of the wrenches.
TOOLS: 100.00 on credit card but they give it back when you return them but like 10 bucks a day.

[powerplant]

Never thought of that im going to replace belt to.

[powerplant]

Strap wrench is the only way to go come off real easy Thanks guys.