Fan clutch - cant break nut

[KhmerMafia781]

Trying to replace the water pump....
What a byach...  Ive held the belts to keep the pulley tight and smacked the crap out of the 32mm nut with a hammer and she will not budge.  

will a pulley holder make this a lot easier?  I wonder is Murrays auto parts lones them out.  Ive sent over a hour on this thing with no luck.  Am I doomed to buying a $40 holder Ill use 1x every 3 years?

whats your guys experience with this?

i had the same problem trying to get to the water pump  that nut connect to the fan clutch u have to tighting it to remove it lefty loosey right tighty
somehow moving the nut to the left doesn'y loose that nut u have to turn it clockwise

[nicknikolovski]

yeah its left hand thread

[pwforprez]

i got that tool from a friend it was great

[josephb983]

I just did this job a couple days ago. I used a 32mm bicycle head wrench for $17 from a bike shop, so no wait for the tool. I'd tried to use other types of wrenches I have, including an adjustable wrench that fit in there with no success, the belts just turned. The key is it has to have no play in the wrench, so all force is delivered directly to the clutch nut. First I soaked the clutch nut overnight in Deep Creep. I then hit the head wrench with a 4lb sledge hammer (reverse thread, clockwise). Two hits and the clutch was loose, then I spun the fan to loosen the rest of the way. Fed the fan blades/clutch out through the bottom of the car (might need to jack it up a little to get it out). Whole job = 5 minutes.