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Originally Posted by connerm
Snaking the belt with the fan in place is a square pain in the neck. Buy the shorty hex socket and pully holder and remove it in about 30 seconds. Torque the hex bolt to 45nm (33ft/lbs).
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Both manuals (Bentley and Haynes) say a special tool is required to keep the H2O pump from spinning and the bolt is torqued to 100nm. They both recommend the real tool from MB since the amount of torque is so high and it is more likely that a home-made tool will fail. Is this accurate?