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08-04-2008, 02:40 AM

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I got a friend to hold a spare belt as I loosened the bolt holding the clutch on. After breaking the bolt free I just held the hex key and he spun the belt, unthreading the bolt

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Try loosening the tensioner and mostly removing the serpentine belt. Leave the belt wrapped around the water pump pulley and clamp the belt to itself with a vice-grip pliers. That will allow the belt to act as a strap wrench. With that, you should be able to hold the pulley so that it won't turn while you unfasten (turn counter-clockwise) the bolt in the center of the fan clutch.

DARN --- that center bolt is HARD. I've been fighting it for like an hour.

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