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When pulling the mechanical fan off say a truck water pump pulley. Can a guy cut the remaining mounting stud for the mechanical fan(that it threads onto)? I took a look at it and I can't see why not?
Only reason I see that you might not want to cut it off is if you want to thread a puller onto it to push it off of the waterpump shaft, but then again you could just use a 3jaw puller to remove the pulley. From the pics I have it looks like the only purpose of the threaded snub is just to hold the clutch on there.. I say go for it. Are you running out of room for fans? My big single electric fan had the motor's housing come about 1/2 away from the truck waterpump threaded stub before I switched out to the LS3 waterpump.
Only reason I see that you might not want to cut it off is if you want to thread a puller onto it to push it off of the waterpump shaft, but then again you could just use a 3jaw puller to remove the pulley. From the pics I have it looks like the only purpose of the threaded snub is just to hold the clutch on there.. I say go for it. Are you running out of room for fans? My big single electric fan had the motor's housing come about 1/2 away from the truck waterpump threaded stub before I switched out to the LS3 waterpump.
Just to clean it up really. I'll cut it off. All I use is a 3 jaw puller aswell. Just figured I'd ask incase I was missing something.
I don't think this cannot be done. I could not find any picture but did find a YouTube video of LS water pump tear down. The tip is part of the pressed on part and if it is cut and removed, very little surface would remain of the pulley that would be pressed and may come lose.
Having dealt with the problems associated with a lack of space at the front of the motor for a long, long time (swaps) -- I'd take a hard look at spending the time to move the radiator forward. Over the long run, you'll be glad you created the extra space.
Having dealt with the problems associated with a lack of space at the front of the motor for a long, long time (swaps) -- I'd take a hard look at spending the time to move the radiator forward. Over the long run, you'll be glad you created the extra space.
I was able to stick a mid-80's C4 radiator in my S-10 after cutting the core and gained 2". Still have A/C and a front-mount intercooler ahead of it. Pulling it apart is easy...
I was able to stick a mid-80's C4 radiator in my S-10 after cutting the core and gained 2". Still have A/C and a front-mount intercooler ahead of it. Pulling it apart is easy...
I'm pretty sure that's in the stock location, just that the core was cut out just enough to push the rad inside the core. E-mail me and I'll send you the pix I have of it.
02-02-2012, 12:36 PM
water pump mechanical fan, threaded mount 
