...I'm on the way to the store to pick up 2 electric fans that I plan to wire up myself. Anyway I haven't taken a good look at the fan assy on our trucks but figured I'd ask here before I get into it, so does anyone know how the fan is removed?

-Sly

 

If the fans are the same as other 150s, as they look, they arent hard to remove. they are left handed threaded. Loosin the clutch from the pulley, then with it totaly unscrewed remove the two bolts that hold the schroud and remove them both at the same time.

 

Here is a pic of my stock fan removed


Whay I did to remove my fan was

I took a big Vice Grip and grabbed the shaft from the water pump. Then took a big adjustable wrench and used that on the nut you see in the picture. Once I removed the fan I then removed the shroud to get the fan out.

 

damn Don
thats a big *** nut
me, i just happened to have the right size wrench in my tool box
i left the belt on and just broke it free
oh i did put a little bit more pressure on the belt tho as so the water pump pulley would not spin

 

Cool thanks for the input guys, so the nut is reverse threaded correct?

-Sly

 

Yes they are reverse , or lefthanded, threaded. You loosen them by putting pressure clockwise.

 

Here's a link to the shop manuals ...

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Well I'm trying to get the fan off but it doesn't seem to want to loosen. I've gotten the shroud out and all of that but still can't get the fan off. I'm attempting to loosen it clockwise by going by Mickey_shouse's recommendations but what gets me is that in Don's pic of his it looks to be standard right hand threaded??

-Sly

 

It's only 41 ft lbs tight,so it should slip right off....

I agree with you. the threads LOOK normal (Right handed)

Notice that everywhere ELSE the manual cautions and advises
that the threads are left handed. I wonder why they aren't
flagged that way for the fan???

Typically:

http://home.insightbb.com/~svt_ky/vi...ey_Removal.pdf

 

I just checked with a friend and he just took his off a few
weekends ago, and is 99.9 pecent sure that they are REGULAR
right handed threads ...

Hope you see this before you break something !!!

 

I just did mine last week. Its right hand threaded.

 

lol thanks guys well I have now successfully tightened it to the point that I need to go buy a special tool to hold the waterpump while I remove it. Either way I still put the electric fans on and they seem to be working great! Cost me about $120 out of my pocket for a dual setup where 1 is thermostatically controlled and also have a manual switch for the track.

-Sly

 

Methinks you owe Sly a HUGE apology, bud ....

 

I am truly sorry that i gave him some wrong info. I was goin by the way that i had to remove the fan on my 97 4.6l when i added electric fans. I looked it up in the manual and it said left handed threads and thats what i went by. I guess that they changed the threads to right handed later on. Sorry man i didnt mean to tell u wrong.

 

It's cool man no big deal, not like you were telling me wrong and knowing about it lol thanks for the help tho guys

-Sly