clutch fan

Today i had to change a clutch fan become it was leaking a lot of air. i diagnosed the problem when i was pulling the truck in for an inspection. The truck was not building air in the secondary tank. So I opened the hood and i knew where the air was leaking from but i did not know the name of the part so i asked Vlad and he told me it was a bad clutch fan. I have never done a clutch fan before so it took me about four hours to do alone. Here is a picture of the new clutch fan...

This picture shows how i started to take stuff apart. I took off one clamp off of each hose that was attached to the radiator. Then the i took off the support arms that hold the radiator in place. The point of doing this was to be able to push the radiator back so that i can slide the fan out. I also removed the cover for the radiator. 

You can see the clutch fan in this picture. so i dismounted the fan and used the belt as a way to get the clutch out. i left the belt in the grove and used it as a rope. i was very careful i didn't want to ruin the radiator with the studs of the clutch. 

It is hard to see but the clutch fan is removed. And you can see how i prevent things from going into the air to air. 

And here is the used air line fitting that i reused and installed on the new clutch fan. I installed the clutch fan the same way using the belt as a rope. i was not able to finish it i still need to double check everything and put radiator fluid back in the tank because i made a very big mess. All in all i learned how to replace a clutch fan. And easy ways to help speed up the process as well as not dropping the clutch fan in the radiator causing damage.