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Fan clutch replacement

From 1986 Ford Bronco “Eddie Bauer” — documented by Sixlitre.

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1986 Ford Bronco - The bearings on my clutch fan were on their way out in a big noisy way. Notice the bearing seal that has worked it's way off onto the shaft… 1986 Ford Bronco - Hayden was a quality name in cooling 25 years ago when I was in British stuff, so I went for this one which was half the price the dealer w… 1986 Ford Bronco - Remove the bolts holding it onto the pulley carefully as you CAN get away without removing the Saginaw's PS belt and pulley if you're caref… 1986 Ford Bronco - Lever off the fan assembly as a unit and be careful not to let it fall and damage the radiator. 1986 Ford Bronco - Stop at this point and verify you havve the correct fan clutch. Here the new one is on top of the old one to see if they match up. What's t… 1986 Ford Bronco - Good time to straighten any oof the blades that are bent. 1986 Ford Bronco - Difficult to get a good angle for the camera to pick up how toasted these bearings really were. 1986 Ford Bronco - Remove the bolts holding the fan to the clutch and re-install them, and the fan, onto the new clutch unit. 1986 Ford Bronco - This bushing is meant to take up the space so the fan clutch can be used on more applications. 1986 Ford Bronco - I found it much easier to put the bushing onto the water pump shaft first 1986 Ford Bronco - Now gently push the unit on making sure the bolts line up so you can stitch them to draw it on the last bit of the way 1986 Ford Bronco - Once she's torqued on, you're good to go. Didn't even disturb the PS belt or pulley ! 1986 Ford Bronco - Difficult getting the camera in close enough to show hoe toasted the bearings really are. I should have made a sound bite ! there's a thoug…