Stay away from the autozone clutch fan, put it in two weeks ago and started making noise two days ago, today i had to take back, clutch powder all over it. I shoulda know when i put it on in spun fast and loud all the time.

First one was a torqueflo made in korea, they gave me a new one same brand but made in china and casting is totally different and so far already seems better but id go napa or dealer next time.

 

What kind of noise was it making? I just put one in from there about 2 weeks ago as well and it is load as hell

 

I also got the TorqueFlo from Auto Zone, it wouldn't even fit. I had to go to O'Reilly's and got a Hayden - Fan Clutch for
$36.99 the same price, it's made in the U.S.A. and fits perfect! Now I go to O'Reilly's. Auto Zone is the dollar store of auto parts stores.

 

Replaced again with one from advance, search on yahoo turned up az sells you the grand cherokee clutch, there systems says its right but its 1/3 bigger then it should be, was under load all the time.

 

Get one from advance take az back. Imperial is the advance brand made in usa

 

i got one from autozone and have 3k miles on it.... made the fan louder but no issues yet. knock on wood.... knock knock

 

I had one from the "Zone" on my 97, it quickly became a target for the Barrett.........

the one I got from Advance....much gooder

 

Autozone has the ZJ heavy duty fan clutch listed as the proper part for the 96' XJ. Compare your old clutch to the new one before installing, the ZJ clutch is about 0.25" longer and the fan must be mounted backwards to fit. Even after moving my rad back it didn't fit and I took it back. When I politely told the manager at autozone the error in their ways, the old hag told me errors like that always happen and there isn't a whole lot that can be done to correct it. Right. Anyway the 92' XJ fan clutch is listed correct in their system for my 96' at least.

 

Wow!

I just put in a fan clutch today and wondered why it was so big! Damn autozone. Gonna be a real pita to do this again... good looking out.

 

Here's a stock one and the (wrong) one az gave me side by side, DUH!

 

I'm running the same one and it fit great!

 

Same here, got one too big wouldn't fit. Asked for another one... Same p# and was the smaller correct one!

 

Mine fit just had a bigger circumfrence,sp? It would run crazy loud and fast, i could hear it at 70 floored. I didnt notice it cause i did the water pump belt and flushed coolant system so i was distracted about size, but like i said it fit fine juust kept squealing after a few days

 

AZ had the stock fan clutch for my '91 but I opted for the ZJ fan clutch which is the upgrade. It's what you will find on here if you search "fan clutch upgrade." They tried to sell me the stock one but I insisted that I knew what I was talking about.

 

That's the same one they (Auto Zone) sold me for my 96 XJ. Wouldn't fit, the blades made contact with the unit. That's when I took it back and went to OReilly's and got the correct part. I'll continue to go to O'Reilly's from now on.