DIY - Fan Clutch Nut Installation

I should mention, as an update, that I used the rawhide trick a few months after my posts above (when my cooling system blew up) and everything worked out perfectly!

I gotta' thank cn90 for this great idea.

Just for the record, notice Rexgo used dental floss for his cn90 fan clutch nut trick:
- Rexgo's '97 528 Cooling O'haul

An advantage of the rawhide is that it's easy on the hands; an advantage of the dental floss is that there's no need to tape it on.

This is a nice idea, but much better: split the fan shroud so that the top can be removed easily. Then you have room to work and see.

great tip CN90!
i just replaced my fan clutch and this was such an invaluable tip.
for those on the electric fan camp, this fan clutch keeps air over all plastic parts which prolongs the pliability of the hoses.

btw, how viscous is the clutch fluid suppose to be?
neither my old one nor the new one (non-OE) are spinning as freely as these guy's videos below.
these guys are able to stop the fan with a finger.

i am able to spin the fan when the engine is off but there is resistance. and when idling, there is no way i can try what these guys have shown.
although i did notice in both videos, they have V8's and mine is an I6.

Thank you for posting this simple solution. I tried it and it worked perfectly on the second try. ON my first try, I wound the string to pull in the wrong direction. Otherwise it was one pull and done. It was so refreshing to get something to work this well during a cooling system rebuild where I received a dented radiator in a perfect box, broke a thermostat bolt using a torque wrench, dropped the PS reservoir nut into the abyss, and discovered a crack in the bleeder vent after all was installed. Oh yeah, my work was interrupted by rain 3 times.
I can't wait to pass this trick on as mine.

Spent loads of time reading up on how to repair the cooling system and wondered if this would be needed.

Very pleased to say I used this idea with string and it was very easy so many thanks CN90