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Removing the fan

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HI

I am trying to remove my fan so I can get TDC (another thread) and have removed the three outside bolts and the inner one but the thing is still solid. I have a manual and that appears to suggest I only need to remove the three outside ones. Am i missing somthing here? Or would it need a tap with ammmer get get it out.

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The bu**er is solid
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Use a puller to remove it as they can be very tight

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t25darren wrote:Use a puller to remove it as they can be very tight

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Cheers for that but im not sure what one is :oops:
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found them - cheers

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Does the middle bolt need undoing as the manual says just the three outside ones

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In theory just undo the three bolts then the fan should come off from the hub with a bit of gentle persuasion. Otherwise release the centre bolt and take the fan off with the hub using a small harmonic balancer type puller.
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A little WD40 and a GENTLE tap around the pulley with a hammer should help free it. It has a key way
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Cheers guys

But I can see how i could remove the fan with the centre bolt in. as It looks to be one peice of metal. Perhaps a quike scrape might show the fan from the housing

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The fan fits onto this hub with the three bolts.

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Removing the fan belt would help too! It's still in place in your first piccy.
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Why are you removing it ?????? to find tdc as you were told in the other thread you dont need to remove that!!!!!!!! head and brick wall!
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jamesc76 wrote:Why are you removing it ?????? to find tdc as you were told in the other thread you dont need to remove that!!!!!!!! head and brick wall!

Yes I am as somone told me that the woodruff key centre at 90 degrees is TDC. I have been strugling to find TDC as i cant really see in the cylinder and as they are horizontal it is difficult to find it using a pencil

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