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How to Replace Radiator Fan Clutch 1996-2004 GMC Yukon
How to Replace Fan Clutch 1999-2004 Chevy Silverado
How to Replace Fan Clutch 1992-2000 Chevy Tahoe
How to Replace Fan Clutch 1994-2004 Chevy S-10
How to Replace Radiator Fan Clutch 2000-04 GMC Yukon
How to Replace Fan Clutch 1992-2000 Chevy Tahoe
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Tools used
Adjustable Wrench
13mm Socket
Hammer
Flat Blade Screwdriver
8mm Socket
10mm Socket
Ratchet
1. Disconnect the battery
Use an 8 mm socket and ratchet to disconnect the negative battery cable.
2. Remove the air intake hose and fan shroud
Loosen two clamps, one at the front of the throttle body and the other against the air box.
Pull the air intake hose assembly up and out.
Remove two 10mm bolts.
Move the radiator hose out of the way and pull out the fan shroud.
3. Remove the fan
Use a wrench and a hammer to loosen the nut and remove the fan.
To replace your fan clutch remove the four bolts on the back of the fan, replace, and bolt back in.
Tighten the bolts to 20-25 ft lbs.
4. Reassemble.
Put the fan back on and use a wrench and hammer to tighten the nut.
Pin the fan shroud back on and bolt it in using the two 10 mm bolts and your socket and ratchet.
Fasten the upper radiator hose back in place and the air intake hose.
Brought to you by 1AAuto.com- your source for quality replacement parts and the best service on the Internet. Hi, I'm Mike Green. I'm one of the owners of 1AAuto. I want to help you save time and money repairing and maintaining your vehicle. I'm going to use my 20-plus years experience restoring and repairing cars and trucks like this to show you the correct way to install parts from 1AAuto.com. The right parts installed correctly. That's going to save you time and money. Thank you and enjoy the video.
In this video we'll be showing you how to replace the fan or the fan clutch on this 2002 GMC Yukon. This is very similar for most GMC SUVs and trucks from 99 to 06 and 07. Tools you'll need are pretty basic, eight, 10 and 13-millimeter sockets and ratchet, a flat-blade screwdriver, a large adjustable wrench and a hammer.
We're going to begin by using an eight-millimeter socket ratchet or wrench to disconnect our negative battery cable and then we're going to loosen two clamps: this one here at the front of your throttle body and this one right down here near your air box. Now with those loosened up, these rubber hoses may stick on so you may want to take a screwdriver and kind of gently just work it under in a few different places. Get the hoses unstuck. Then you pull the hoses off; pull it off the front of the throttle body here. See this one is a little more difficult. Right under here there's a clamp, so pull this up. You just want to work this out of this pin here. It usually comes off pretty easy. Bring this whole assembly right up and out.
Next, we're going to remove two 10-millimeter bolts, one here and one right over here and then pull this little hose out of here. We're basically going to take off the upper fan shroud. You'll want to pull this hose up and out, work it carefully back and forth and pull up and you should be able to pull that out. Then down here there are little pins. You actually pry the center of them up first. Once you pry the center up they'll come right out. There are four of those, there, there and then the same kind of area on the other side right there, then one right there.
Next step is to remove the fan here, large adjustable wrench; put it onto that nut. The best way is to use a little old-fashioned impact. Obviously you still have the belts on the motor once you've broken it loose. To replace your fan clutch, a 13-millimeter socket and you basically just remove these four bolts. The fan separates from the fan clutch. Put your new fan clutch in. Tighten up these four bolts again. These bolts should tighten up to about 20 to 25 foot-pounds.
Put the fan on using our big adjustable wrench. Tighten as much as you can. Use the power of impact to tighten it up further. Now we're going to put the upper shroud back on. Your four pins pop in, push them down to lock. This one pops in; push it down and then the two on this side and then your two bolts, 10 millimeter. We'll tighten up those 10-millimeter bolts and now fasten your upper radiator hose on there correctly and put your air intake back in. Make sure you get those hoses connected properly and securely and then nice and tight. Make sure it's pushed onto the throttle body correctly and that clamp is all tight. Then you can reconnect your battery and you're all set.
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Tools used
Torque Wrench
Socket Extensions
Rust Penetrant
Socket Driver
Fan Clutch Wrench
8mm Socket
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Trim Tool Set
If you were to look right down here, you're gonna see a clamp. If you were to look at the other end where it connects on to the throttle body, you're gonna see another clamp. You'd go ahead and loosen those up. Also, if you come right up here, you're gonna see an 8-millimeter bolt. Look, if you loosen that up, you can take this right out. Once you have that out of the way and the clamps are loosened, you can wiggle this around. I'm gonna draw it off of the throttle body right here and I'm gonna take them right there. Take it off of right here. Remove it from the vehicle. Next we're gonna remove the bolts right up here that hold this in. Let's use our little forky tool here or you can use a screwdriver or whatever you've got. We're gonna lift up on the center of these push tabs here and then you should be able to take it right out of there. That's what it looks like. There's two on this side and two on the passenger side. Remove them all. Have all those out, let's go ahead and get this off of here. The next thing we need to do is get the fan clutch off of here. You wanna do that before you remove your serpentine belt because that's gonna help keep the water pump from spinning. I'm gonna carefully try to put a little bit of penetrant on there, right along the area between the actual clutch itself and the pump. Let that sit for a second. We're gonna need to use a 36-millimeter wrench of some sort.
I have one that goes on my air chisel but if you have a 36-millimeter wrench and a hammer, you could try to give it a couple light bonks and see if you can get it to break free. Once that breaks free, you can go ahead and spin it right off. Just be careful not to let it spin too freely because if it comes off, falls down, it could potentially damage your radiator. Get that right out of there. All right, so we got our fan. Let's put it right on the bench. On the backside you're gonna see four bolts. Go ahead and remove those. So you might notice that the fan clutch doesn't wanna come out of there, just go ahead and give it a nice bonk. There we are. Double-check your fan. Make sure it's in good condition. If there's any issues with it, of course, you'd wanna replace that as well. This one looks good, aside from a little rust, which I'm really not worried about. Let's get that clutch out of the way, bring our new one over. This looks great. Slide this right on over. Line up those bolt holes. All right. Start in all four of your bolts and then we'll bottom them out. Go ahead and torque these to 17 foot-pounds. Now it's gonna be time to get the fan clutch on to the water pump. Don't use any threadlocker or anything like that. You don't need to use any threadlocker and you don't wanna use any Never-Seez. Just go ahead and go metal-on-metal. Turn this clockwise until it bottoms out. Okay. So that's pretty much it.
Now, at this point, what I like to do is just give it a couple taps to tighten it. You don't wanna continue tightening it to the point that it's gonna be over-tightened because you do, of course, need to get this off again someday. If you were gonna torque it down, you would torque it to 41 foot-pounds. And that's it. Let's go ahead and get our fan shroud back on here. Go ahead and lift up on that upper hose. Slide it down in. There we are. This looks good. We're gonna line up down here. You're gonna see, I have a little piton and a hole. Line that up. It should sit right in. Do the same on the other side. There we are. So now we're gonna take our push clips. Make sure that the center is pulled up. If it's pushed in, that means it's in the locked position. Go ahead and slide it in. Lock it in. Do the same to the other one. And then come right up top up here and start in your bolt. Now we'll do the same to the other side and then we'll snug this up. We'll get our intake back on here. It's gonna go right underneath this hose here. Line it up there. Grab this. Slide it in. Push it all the way in so it's up against the whole throttle body. Make sure your clamps are nice and tight. Your hose over here should have a little clippy-do. Ours is actually broken but it's gonna push in right there and that'll hold it secure. This cover back on here, just slide it all the way back so it's sitting inside the pitons. Put this down and tighten up your bolt.
Tools used
Socket Extensions
Socket Driver
Fan Clutch Wrench
10mm Socket
Ratchet
Tools used
Torque Wrench
Socket Extensions
Rubber Mallet
Socket Driver
Fan Clutch Wrench
1/2 Inch Impact Gun
Tools used
Gloves
Fan Clutch Wrench
8mm Socket
Push Pin Pliers
10mm Socket
Trim Tool Set
Safety Glasses
Remove this cover, I'm gonna use an 8-millimeter socket. Loosen that bolt up, and slide the cover out. And loosen up this worm clamp. You can use a 8-millimeter socket or a straight blade screwdriver. And the same with this one right here. Use a trim tool, and just separate this retainer right there, or that bracket. Now slide the snorkel off there, and pull it out. Just to gain more access, I'm gonna pull this airbox off. Disconnect the mass air flow sensor. Grab the airbox. Pull it straight up. Then, you can slide it out. There's two tabs. And this holds it in.
I'm gonna take these two bolts out up top. Use a 10-millimeter socket. And there's four push pins, two on this side and two on the other side. I'm gonna use a push pin removal tool or a trim tool. Just remove these. Now take this hose retainer off right here. Just use a trim tool. Slide that up. Slide this hose out right here. This should be, hmmmm. Just move this hose out of your way. Just slide this cover right out.
I'm gonna use a fan clutch tool with the 36-millimeter adapter and just go right here, this setup. Once you get it loose, should be able to spin it off just like that. And pull it out. Take these four bolts out. I'm gonna use a 13-millimeter socket. And just hold the fan up. Just give it a little tap with a hammer. Take the new fan clutch, and put the fan right in position. That looks good. Take the bolts. Get the bolts started. Now, we're gonna torque these bolts to 17-foot-pounds.
Just take the fan, and just line it up. Now if you have a torque wrench and you're able to hold the water pump pulley from spinning, you can torque that to 41-foot-pounds. We don't have that. I'm just gonna use an adjustable wrench and just a hammer. Give it a couple good taps. And that's good. All right. Now take this fan shroud. Hold the hose out of the way. Line it up with some alignment pins right there on both sides. Put these push pins in. Lock 'em down. Do the same on the other side. Put these bolts in. Get those lined up. And tighten these down. And line this retainer up and right there. Put that hose in that position. And slide the airbox back in position. What you want to do is slide this piece. It's gonna go right here. It's gonna slide there. And then push the two push pins straight down. Push down. It's good to go. Reconnect the mass air flow sensor. And put the snorkel back on. Line this up with the throttle body and the airbox. And tighten up the worm clamps. And line this bracket back up. Put the cover on. Slide it in the back. Get the bolt started. Snug it down.
Tools used
Socket Extensions
Socket Driver
Fan Clutch Wrench
10mm Socket
Ratchet
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ted
September 13, 2017
brand new heavy duty fan clutch went in really easy I watch videos and it made a lot of difference and made it really fast 1A auto. thank you
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Abran
July 10, 2018
Outstanding service!! I need to return an item and the staff member was very polite and professional. She was great
Came fast. Fit perfect.
Carlton
August 8, 2018
Ordered it and it came quickly. Fit perfect with no adaptation necessary. Works just as it is supposed to.
Heavy Chevy
david
October 30, 2018
Have been using 1a auto for several years fan clutch worked out great, had one problem with a cheap wheel bearing and the situation was rectified immediately over night ,prices are extremely fair when compared to dealer prices even with my employee discount. Videos are usually very helpful.
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L
December 29, 2018
The price was great and the shipping was quick. I put this on my Grandpa's truck to replace the stuck fan clutch that was always engaged. On first startup it did exactly as it should. It engages and disengages quietly and maintains the temperature exactly as it should. I'm very happy with it.
Nicholas
September 8, 2019
The fan clutch attached perfeclty to my water pump and runs great!
Norman
November 8, 2020
This fan clutch is very loud I have a 2003 GMC 1500 4.8l this is the first time I had to replace sounds noting like OEM that it came with.
Good replacement
BLAS
April 5, 2021
Better compared to old but fells like on overdrive, not sure if normal or clutch is defective and stuck
Good but loud
Mark
October 3, 2021
Works good just very loud!
Not as expected
Chris
October 9, 2021
This is very loud, it spins up and sounds like large, loud, whistling turbo that doesn't quit. It also seems to be sapping power from the engine, most likely because it does not disengage as it should.
FAN CLUTCH
Greg
August 7, 2022
Makes more noise all the time than my previous clutch that was bad. Old clutch didnt make noise until a/c was in for awhile.
Right part first time.
Craig
July 10, 2023
Work's great.
Customer Q&A
Does this work for the 4.8 engine as well?May 10, 2017
Kevin O
10
I have a 5.6 engine and I don't know if it fits the 4.8 engine or not.
May 10, 2017
Courteney W
10
What is your year, make, and model?
May 10, 2017
Alex P
10
Mine is a 5.3
May 10, 2017
David S
10
Yes
May 11, 2017
Mark J
10
this is the size for a 5.7 engine
May 11, 2017
Jorge B
10
Great!!! Thanks for the video and promt delivery.
Very happy costumer.
May 20, 2017
German L
Does this work on a 5.7 vortex engine?August 8, 2017
Sherry S
10
Most likely yes, BUT, this is a heavy duty unit and the fan will be running a lot with a lot of noise sounding like a dump truck. For a normal pickup, Tahoe or Suburban type of vehicle I would get the normal replacement version. It works as the factory designed.
August 8, 2017
Mark H
10
Yes
August 8, 2017
Courteney W
10
Yes
August 8, 2017
Mark J
10
I installed mine on a 5.3 Tahoe.
August 9, 2017
David S
10
yes
August 10, 2017
Steven G
10
Hi sherry, this part will fit your 5.7 vortex engine is just the right part Also you can watch the videos from 1A auto to get details on how you can do the job.
August 11, 2017
E F
10
It appears that it fits nearly all Chevy and GM vehicles within a certain year range. I would recommend checking the product web page (look under the section entitled "vehicle fit" for your make, model and year) or calling 1AAuto at the toll free number on their web page to ask them about your specific vehicle. The applications are listed by vehicle and not by engine size, so I would expect it fits all engine sizes of a given year and model.
August 21, 2017
Jim D
10
Im still having issues after installed. I'm getting SES again and same code. P1481 cooling fan speed.sensor circuit.
What else could it be? I even changed the relay.
August 16, 2018
B X
What are the bolt specs?September 14, 2022
John D
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Actual Measurements are not listed or available. Our parts are exact replacements for your vehicle's OEM parts. As long as your year, make, and model match up with our listing, these parts will directly fit and function like the originals.
September 15, 2022
Andra M
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