[Sarge]

I can't seem to find online the article detailing the viscous fan clutch repair . I've got the fluid , just needed the amount of it required to make the clutch work right .
Sarge

 

[Sarge]

BTT....

 

[Guest]

I posted this fix sometime last summer after I did mine. here is the link I used
slowspeed
I think I only use one bottle of the silicone. On mine the drill driver was the only way I could get it apart. If you don't have one I would go to Sears or your favorite harware store and get one, I use mine all the time.

If you are patient and willing to fool with the o-ring you can cram it back in place without cutting and re-glueing it as the instructions say, it just take patients. Hope this helps

 

[3693]

Thanks for the post. That seems simple enough. How effective is it, and where can you get the right silicone compound?

 

[Guest]

How well it works would depend on what your cooling problem is, it won't cure a clogged radiator or anything. All I can say is that mine would run petty hot, just below the hot mark but never overheated, before I fixed mine and now I don't think it has ever gotten past half.

I called the Suzuki dealership and they had no idea what I was talking about so I just got it from the Toyota dealership. Use the part number in the link and I think I only use one bottle. It's pretty cheap and an easy place to start when trying to cure an overheating problem.

 

[Sarge]

Yeah, got that link already . I thought someone had a writeup a couple years back about doing a Zuk fan . I have two bottles on order , I'll figure out how much to use in it . My biggest problem is high revs at slow speeds , the fan doesn't engage and pull hard enough to suck the air past the winch . Had it up to 220* last week again trying to make it up a nasty mud hill ....
Sarge