OK, here's the deal . . . I may have a bad fan clutch, but I need your help!

Please go out to your F150, open the hood, verify that your engine is COLD, then turn your fan by hand.

Riddle me this:
Is it loose (i.e. spins freely, keeps moving after pressure remved)

Is it middlin (moves easily with very little pressure)

Is it tight (only moves with a reasonable amount of pressure applied)

Is it frozen (takes two hands to move, or even not at all)

My Hanes manual says it should 'turn freely' with a cold engine, mine's pretty stiff, but I'm not sure exactly how much pressure 'turn freely' implies . . . I'd appreciate any interpretations from folks with cold engines and properly functioning fan clutches!

Thanks All!

 

Mine takes a lot of pressure to spin.

 

It should take a good effort to spin it, but nothing that would require you to grunt.

 

i can't reach mine

...zap!

 

Dude, he's talking about the fan on your truck, not that other thing that you can't reach....

 

Should just be tight.

Adrianspeeder

 

who says i cant?

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Uhh.... You?

Zap =

 

not that other thing that you can't reach.... (quote)



other thing


ahhh forget it

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Jeez right now I'm= ....

 

HI!... Mine spins freely and then fell on the floor.... Oh ya forgot to tell you I switched to electic fans 6 years ago. My stock clutch fan is still new sitting on a shelf! LOL!

 

tight like a glove or a v-gin

 

yeh mines in the attic lol

 

Not as tight as OJ's glove...