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Old 04-13-2012, 04:48 PM
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The special bit to hold the fan from spinning slipped and is somewhere under alternator. Don't feel like making a trip to store again. So can I just get the belts off (ac off already) and remove alt/and fan together. Then take the pulleys apart once I have it out, and have recovered my &E$&E bit?

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George / Iko - isn't there another way to stop the spinning using a screwdriver?
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The special bit to hold the fan from spinning slipped and is somewhere under alternator. Don't feel like making a trip to store again. So can I just get the belts off (ac off already) and remove alt/and fan together. Then take the pulleys apart once I have it out, and have recovered my &E$&E bit?

Forgot to put rag to catch stuff...
That is what I did as I could not get the shims apart - X-Acto knife to the belt and then removed the alternator and got the shims apart on the bench.

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k..tks..well just found the thread on how to stop it from spining...let me try that, if it fails, I'll cut them off...
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Stick a screwdriver covered in cloth between the fan blades. Then loosen with the 24mm nut with a wrench.
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Stick a screwdriver covered in cloth between the fan blades. Then loosen with the 24mm nut with a wrench.
My fan does spin much at all even when trying to loosen the 24mm. Hmmm..
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this 24mm sucker is tight...got the turbine to stop spinning...
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Heat it up with some MAPP gas, or soak it in penetrating oil. Then try again.
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may be too late... but given that the blades tend to crack with age.. Id be hesitant to apply much force to them... Belts are cheap, cut the suckers.
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may be too late... but given that the blades tend to crack with age.. Id be hesitant to apply much force to them... Belts are cheap, cut the suckers.
screw driver did the trick and a lil swearing...24mm is off now...
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Originally Posted by TRINITONY
The special bit to hold the fan from spinning slipped and is somewhere under alternator. Don't feel like making a trip to store again. So can I just get the belts off (ac off already) and remove alt/and fan together. Then take the pulleys apart once I have it out, and have recovered my &E$&E bit?

Forgot to put rag to catch stuff...
I think I'll wait about 10 years to answer this.....



FYI, 15/16" socket works just as well on the big nut.


..but not so well on the smaller ones.
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think I rounded of the 3 8mm bolts that holds the alt pulley..damm...oh well may have to cut that belt off...
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The three soft bolts that hold the alt' pulley together; any downside to replacing them with same size regular hardier bolts? I got some bolts from NAPA this morning and thinking about using them.
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this is what I mean..
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No clue Tony, sorry.
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