Tonyrodz's Tahoe Build Thread

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Do the clutch fan like this guy. There’s a place where the vice grips can go that doesn’t allow the pulley to move at all. Then you just need leverage. If you can’t find a pipe that fits over your big crescent wrench, you can use a pipe wrench. You won’t be reusing that nut anyway and you might get better leverage. Then there’s the BFH too, which works better if you get the vise grips in the spot that keeps the pulley from moving either direction so it doesn’t bounce. You can do it, just have to be smart about it.

 

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Do the clutch fan like this guy. There’s a place where the vice grips can go that doesn’t allow the pulley to move at all. Then you just need leverage. If you can’t find a pipe that fits over your big crescent wrench, you can use a pipe wrench. You won’t be reusing that nut anyway and you might get better leverage. Then there’s the BFH too, which works better if you get the vise grips in the spot that keeps the pulley from moving either direction so it doesn’t bounce. You can do it, just have to be smart about it.


It drives me up a wall to watch someone do something the wrong way... lol

I realize you just posted this as reference to the vise grip placement but it still bugs me.

You can stick a couple bolts into the holes in the waterpump pulley and use a pry bar or a wrench and pipe to keep the pulley from spinning without having to worry about bending the pulley with vise grips.
 

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