wokko 21 Posted June 27, 2019 Hey guys, I want to put on a new water pump on my XG , is there a trick to getting off the clutch fan? In my crappy manual it says there should be a nut (left hand thread) + some special tool to hold it. I can see you can put a shifter on the shaft part before the fins but the end where I assume the nut is suppose to be is only a curled spring... My EA motor is the same so I assume the manual is pulling my leg So how do we pull the clutch fan off the water pump ??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerg 10,871 Posted June 27, 2019 The nut on the shaft part (before the fins) is where it undoes from. You need to hold the pulley from turning though. I just push down hard on the belt to increase tension and stop the pulley from turning. You can also try and wedge a big screwdriver between the bolt heads and the nut but clearance is rather tight.Sent from my CPH1903 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wokko 21 Posted June 27, 2019 1 minute ago, gerg said: The nut on the shaft part (before the fins) is where it undoes from. You need to hold the pulley from turning though. I just push down hard on the belt to increase tension and stop the pulley from turning. You can also try and wedge a big screwdriver between the bolt heads and the nut but clearance is rather tight. Sent from my CPH1903 using Tapatalk Kool, thank you I'll give it a go tonight if I get home before it gets dark otherwise tomorrow. 1 gerg reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deankxf 20,231 Posted June 27, 2019 5 hours ago, wokko said: Kool, thank you I'll give it a go tonight if I get home before it gets dark otherwise tomorrow. there's not complete pics in here(i used someone elses at the time) 1 wokko reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wokko 21 Posted June 28, 2019 Cheers Guys all sorted, came off quite easy with a longer spanner did find a broken 10 mm bolt on water pump pulley so glad I did this 1 bear351c reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wokko 21 Posted July 5, 2019 Just an update pulled water pump off as it was leaking full of silicon as a gasket and O ring for return heater pipe Not sure what people are thinking, all that time ripping off belts,fan and water pump albeit draining fluid (dirty/greasy job) and can't go down and spent $8 from repco/supercheap for a gasket/O ring But all is well it has a brand new water pump and I have a spare one if I get another falcon. 1 deankxf reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deankxf 20,231 Posted July 5, 2019 i ended up re using the old O ring on that return pipe, there was no hope of getting the new supplied one to work, pretty sure i went to ford and got one and couldn't get that to work either(suspect pump casting was the issue on non genuine pump) in hind sight, i'd have sent the old pump off to be reco'd like @SPArKy_Dave would suggest. providing there isn't corrosion on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites