Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Yer pillock!! it's CLOCKWISE to undo the reverse of a normal thread. FFS I even wrote CLOCKWISE in the post you quoted. FFS I despair of some people I really do.
ere Pikey - which way to clocks go?
Doesn't it depend on whether you are looking at the clock from the back or the front?
I thought the viscous coupling fan mounting thread was left handed, but I was corrected some weeks ago by an expert who assures me it's a normal right hand thread.
If that is so, stand facing backwards into the engine bay, place your spanner down from the top over the hexagonal section, and belt it from your right to your left with your hammer. If I'm correct, it will loosen and come off.
CharlesY
battenberg
Well-Known Member
300 is a left hand thread, TD5's are right hand thread.
You may need to knock up a tool that holds the pully in place while you whack your spanner, a bit of thinish flat bar with a hole in it would do.. undo the bolts on the pully and bolt your bar back on than whack away!
Drop a little smear of grease on the thread when you put it back on.
You may need to knock up a tool that holds the pully in place while you whack your spanner, a bit of thinish flat bar with a hole in it would do.. undo the bolts on the pully and bolt your bar back on than whack away!
Drop a little smear of grease on the thread when you put it back on.
The foolproof way to check which way a viscous fan undoes is to look at the fan pulley and see what side of the belt it is driven by . ie if driving on the inside then fan rotates clockwise. if driving on the back of belt then it rotates counter clockwise. when you know this you can work out which thread it will have on it. cos they are designed to tighten up through normal rotation.
