2000 Dakota Sport, 3.9l, Manual, 129K owned her since new (DEC 99)!
After almost 17years my fan clutch has gone bad (wooshing noise at high rpms). The last 2 times I took it off was to replace the water pump and the pump was on my workbench to remove it.
I want to remove the fan clutch with the water pump still on the truck. Is there a trick or special tool I can use to keep the pump from spinning???

 

yes they make a spanner wrench for it or fan clutch removel tool

 

Spanner wrench, DUH! ( <--Me) Thank you! I was trying to figure out what to stick in the holes of the pulley to keep it from spinning. ( And I think I am pretty smart when it comes to tools and their uses. )


Chris

 

I always just leave the belt on, put a crescent on the big nut, and whack with a light hammer. comes right off.

 

Once you use one of these, you'll never go back to the old ways.

Lisle fan clutch tool

 

Thank you all! Especially magnet head.
Bought a 15in adjustable crescent wrench (could have used a 12 but wanted the longer handle length) 3 whacks with a soft head hammer and it spun right off. 10 minute job! The whooshing is now gone! Thanks again. Love forums!
Tom A,
At 219.99 suggested retail those are awesome but a little steep for me. However I will keep that idea in mind, modifying an air chisel shaft to work with an open end or box wrench has a lot of possibilities.

 

I actually paid about half that price on Amazon, but it's still pretty expensive if you only need it once. If you work on a lot of cars, it's a bargain.

Glad you got it worked out.