by chance would anyone know of any ideas on how to get the mechanical fan and clutch assembly off, i pretty much spent the better part of my last day off trying to get it off and to no avail, it is a little rusty, just surface rust though, i put a huge 16" wrench on the nut part and used everything from a pipe clamp to regular clamps to a home made steel bar that was over 1/4 inch of flat high carbon steel with two bolts threaded though the pulley to keep it from moving and was over 3 feet long and that still was not enough torque to free it, i ended up bending the steel bar which i should never have been able to, and yes i know it is reverse threaded and used plenty of penetrating lube and wd40 and whatnot, but still wont come free, is there another way or could i just take and cut it off like halfway down the nut part, i dont want to have any problems is all, just want to be able to put on the darn electric fans i have sitting in my garage for the past week!

 

I was able to get it off with a punch when I did my body lift. But it seems like you had more power on it than I did.

 

my 2002 5.9 isnt reverse threads

 

It's not reverse threaded on my truck. Sounds like you might be turning it the wrong way

 

use a big ol hammer and drink some beer it will come off one wat or the other

 

I was able to get my fan off with a homemade spanner wrench and a pipe wrench.

 

autozone also rents a tool for fan clutch removal.

 

Personally, I think he is turning it the wrong way unless the 4.7 is threaded differently than the hemi.

 

I used a spanner and a big crescent wrench. Yep, sounds like you're turning it the wrong way. From the passenger side, wrench up, pull toward you.

 

if you have the hemi, and i have the 5.9, and they are both regular threads, i agree with you 100%.