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Author:  smyth602 [ February 14th, 2013, 6:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Fan stuck.
As above, I can't get the bloody thing off - its solid onto the shaft.

Any ideas? Don't want to keep banging away at it in case i damage the shaft.
Author:  ChrisW [ February 14th, 2013, 6:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
I normally put a 3/8 long extension bar into hole and give it a sideways knock.
Author:  smyth602 [ February 14th, 2013, 7:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
Dyane61976 wrote:
I normally put a 3/8 long extension bar into hole and give it a sideways knock.

same here, but it just aint budging.
Author:  samfieldhouse [ February 14th, 2013, 8:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
have you done the 'nuclear' hit method?

hit it three times at 120 degree intervals.
Author:  smyth602 [ February 14th, 2013, 8:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
samfieldhouse wrote:
have you done the 'nuclear' hit method?

hit it three times at 120 degree intervals.

Again, this method was tried before i posted, but wouldn't you know it when i went to try again it detached with the slightest bloody tap :roll:

Thanks anyways, folks! ;)
Author:  J-dub [ February 14th, 2013, 9:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
I use a 1/2 inch extension at 90 defree intervalls ans keep wacking until it pops off
Author:  Nelsthebass [ February 14th, 2013, 10:44 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
Spray some WD40 down the tube and leave for a while then use a bar - end of a 1/2" ratchet fits almost perfectly down the hole and initially jerk the car, sorry, van, up and down by the other end and usually when you then give it a tap left to right horizontally, it will come off....
Author:  banjo [ February 14th, 2013, 11:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
It might well be rusted on, mine was very tight the first time I tried to get it off,I too was worried about belting away at it. I made sure that the bar or whatever you are using is a snug fit then tapping it in the manner already posted should shift it. I put a smear of grease on the taper to ward off rust. Mine now pops off without the force I first had to use. :-)
Author:  Russell [ February 14th, 2013, 11:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
If beating the mothers out of it doesn't work (and it probably will) 2cviking sells a nifty device which replaces the bolt (iirc) and winds the fan pulley off with no effort.
Author:  smyth602 [ February 15th, 2013, 12:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Fan stuck.
Rather annoyingly, it was only off a few months back for a Sean-based tune up. It got a good smear of copper grease that time and this, so hopefully when it comes to NEXT time, it should be easier :lol:

Russell, I can't find what you were talking about on Viking's website. Do you have a link?
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