How do i tighten up loose belt driven fan?

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07-28-2013, 11:25 PM

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How do i tighten up loose belt driven fan?

im not sure why but my belt driven fan has all of a sudden gotten loose and i need to tighten it back up. the fan doesnt have a bolt in the center to tighten it or anything, how would i go about fixing this problem, there also seems to be a bunch of grease/oil around fan, dont kno if somethign broke or not but xj is running at good temp and everything, just the fan is loose. any help would be greatly appreciated

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07-28-2013, 11:32 PM

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There are 4 bolts holding the fan to the fan clutch and 4 nuts holding the fan clutch to the pulley. Try tightening all of them. If there's play in the fan clutch itself, you're looking at a new one. ~$40

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07-28-2013, 11:45 PM

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only thing that wobbles is literally the fan. and i dont see anything that tightend just the fan up

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07-29-2013, 12:15 AM

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Tomorrow morning when the suns out, take a short video of you grabbing the fan and shaking it.

Like I said, there are 4 bolts holding the fan to the fan clutch. Take a closer look and try and get a wrench down there (it'll be a tight fit)

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