2.2l fan removal

[bottomacher]

Hi folks,
Can anyone please tell me how to remove the cooling fan from my 2001 s-10 2.2l ? Haynes book is a totally useless lie- clearly they have never seen one of these engines. Thanks!
Don

[Mr.GoodWrench]

The Haynes book is neither useless nor a lie. Move any hoses or wiring harnesses off of the top of the upper fan shroud, remove the fan shroud, put a big wrench on the nut for the fan clutch, whack it with a hammer to loosen it off (this might take a bit as the water pump pulley will want to turn), spin it off, lift it out, put it on the bench and do what you gotta do for the fan or the clutch, reassemble. It's a pretty easy job.

[bottomacher]

Thank you, Mr. Goodwrench. I assumed that was the procedure, but I didn't know which way to loosen the nut (left or right.) Haynes doesn't show the correct fan- it has a picture of a small block pump and fan only. And that pulley is NOT the water pump as you and Haynes say; it is merely a housing and shaft. The pump is located to the right of the fan. Haynes makes NO mention of the hex shaft that you described anywhere in the book. They also say to remove the four pulley bolts and remove the shaft, which is wrong. I will have to replace the bolts and pulley before I can hold it to turn the hex shaft. They also describe the belt tensioner wrong, and since I have to remove the timing cover to replace the chain, I'm in the dark as to how to remove the tensioner as well. Clearly their statement that the book is based on a teardown is not the truth this time, and I have it in print. I wish they would consult folks like you before making their books- this is only one of many times I have found their book useless in the past 30 years, though I still prefer them to Chilton. Thanks again.

[Mr.GoodWrench]

um, well I'm not sure where your going with this. Are you putting a new timing set on it???

[Evil_SpeedRacer]

The reason it tells you 2 different ways is because earlier models were different than the later ones when it comes to this assembly. Ignore that, because you are going to need to turn only the one big ass nut on there. You will also need to figure out a way to hold the pulley stationary somehow, which is not easy. I used a huge pair of channel-locks to hold it. While my buddy was doing that I used a large crescent wrench and a hammer to loosen the nut in the center. That is not the easiest task either. Once you get past that though, its easy as hell.

[bottomacher]

My thanks to both of you. Once I found out that the nut is right-hand thread, everything went well. I replaced the timing chain yesterday. I also replaced the steering wheel, since I had the puller out anyway. Again, Haynes didn't show the correct location of the airbag plugs. Their "information" cost me about three hours of wasted time on the two jobs. On the bright side, I discovered this website, and I'll be around.