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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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I put a c-clamp on the pulley that wedged itself on he water pump and held it in place
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:04 PM
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and decided to remove my clutch fan, broke loose extremely easily prolly because of this BFW lol
1.5" wrench


used a c-clamp to hold the pulley in place


the fan looks weird, thought it would be symetric all tthe way around, it looks like a little person lol
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 03:39 PM
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c clamp would have been better then the vice grips. i had to dremel off a snageltooth.
i didn't have a bfw so i just used wide pliars and a square tube for a cheat bar.
stil glad i did it sounds mellow... until i stand on it.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 05:42 PM
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it took me a while to get mine off but it was a toughy, vice grips and a c clamp did me well.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 06:19 PM
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i'm trying mine now......damn c clamp is wothless
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:05 PM
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thunder, same here so i used the vice grips on the pulley.
if u do this watch the engine side my grips dug in really bad.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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i got her off, i just stuck a piece of rubber on the vice grip and yanked the wrench. i dont know about you guys but i felt some better throttle response.
 
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 07:14 PM
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That was easy, thanx
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 02:04 AM
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pssh c clamp useless?! INCONCIEVEABLE(I dont think that word means what you think it means[what a dumb movie])

was it wedged in the waterpump?
 
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 03:16 AM
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yo i just rented the tool from auto zone, it doesnt work i know, but i drilled 2 holes and ran bolts through them to go in the holes on the water pump pulley. IT IS THE BIGGEST PITA to drill though those rent-a-tools, i went through over a dozen drill bits and i have a drill DR. to resharpen, just kept burning them up, took 2 hours
 
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