You don't want the fan clutch to spin to much, to much play means the clutch is bad. Sounds like his fan is fine

 

Well what do you mean by "loud" exactly? Does it just sound like an airplane engine when your running down the road or is it making a funny sound?
Mine sounds like an airplane about 75% of the time. And I just replaced my clutch about two months ago. Its something you get used to I thought with the D's.

 

clutch fans do tend to be loud, however not so loud that its unbearable without hearing it for myself i cannot say if it is normal or not.

 

My fan is loud too, if you want to hear your engine more get a performance exhaust it will cover up the fan noise!

 

i just replaced my fan clutch i got one from autozone first then took it back the next day i will only buy a dealer fan clutch from now on i used a strap wrench and a pipe wrench

 

+1 there
And even better swap for an electric fan if your not to worried about overheating!

 

If you can avoid the traffic jams then just take it off and be dine with it. Keep it with you just in case you need it though and your good to go.

 

Taking off the clutch fan all together probably isn't the best idea. While it may work out for you (I've read threads that you've posted in about it before) it may not be a good idea for others depending on their climate, traffic, and other habits. After all the e-fan on these trucks is intended only to be a helper fan and not to cool the radiator and condenser on it's. If the clutch is in fact working properly there's obviously a reason why it's engaging; that being heat. Chances are that if the op were to remove his clutch fan he would probably be running hotter than normal or overheating his engine.

I'm currently in the process of adding helper e-fans to my 99 so that the clutch fan won't have to engage as much since the helper e-fan wasn't added by Dodge until 2000. Another thing that I'm considering doing down the road, and the the op could do, is replacing the clutch fan with the v10 fan and clutch which numerous others have done to get rid of the howling from the stock clutch fan.

 

Hmm. It seems like you only read the first part about removing the clutch and fan, but completely missed the second part about keeping it with you just in case you start to run hot.

 

Ok on the V10 fan swap...can someone point me in the direction of a thread on this? Sounds like I need this!