Install water pump on chev 5.7?

Question

trying to instal pump and I can't get fan blade off It is a1999 chev 5,7 vortex

Answer 1

As John M said, they make special wrenches to remove the fan clutch from the water pump. It can be a pain in the...

When I did mine on my 97, I ended up removing the fan and pump as one piece from the truck, then had to weld the impeller of the water pump to the housing to keep it from spinning, then use a big wrench on the fan clutch to get it loose!!! It was way too tight. Hopefully yours isn't that tight, but maybe it gave you an idea on how to get it apart.

Good luck

Answer 2

you need a tool they rent it at autozone. its two big wrenches that u use together to take it off.