please help with fan clutch

[robznob11]

well i got a 6.0 im working on and i want the stock fan gone. i took my old clutch tool and drilled holes in it and welded in some pieces of concrete bits to make a spanner. i have bowed up enough to break it (the tool ) several times in both directions and it wont budge. is there a trick to this guy on net said it breaks to left if your standing in front of engine guy at gm shop said to the right. I put enough on it both ways im amazed something did not break. why did they decide to put small holes in the pully as a place to grab it. i even taped pretty good with a hammer both ways to try to break it nope. I dont want to ruin the pully and pump trying to get it off and im afraid heat will trash the pump bearing....

[foggy]

It loosens to the left.

[country_3030]

The best way I have found is a good 12inch crescent wrench and a large hammer. Don't ask me why, because I can't explain it but a dead pull with a piece of pipe on the darn thing won't work. However, whacking the wrench with a large hammer will get it loose just about every time.

[6stringer]

Lol I ran into the same thing. I even got the gm tool and still nothing. So I sawzalled the mofo off at the end. Ran a cut wheel carefully down the side of the nut and it came off easy as pie. Struggled with it for 5 hours, and my method took 45 minutes, had way more room and no cussing

[DBRODS]

Take a air hammer with a chisel bit and about 5 seconds later its off. Catch the edge of the nut to the left and down and it will spin loose.

[PitchBlackC3]

Take a air hammer with a chisel bit and about 5 seconds later its off. Catch the edge of the nut to the left and down and it will spin loose.

Exactly..works every time. Leave the belt on while doing this.

[mean05]

i just used a pry bar and a big crescent...

[banker099]

pipe wrench, big hammer, and a good Sammy Sosa impression

[cjriojas]

you must keep the pulley from moving as well which is why you must leave the belt on. or get a ratchet strap to keep the pully from moving.

[robznob11]

well the belt was gone when i bought it so thats why i made the spanner and with a 15in cresent and a hammer hitting hard enough to brake concrete bits it did not budge not once but about 7 times i broke bits, steel dowl, screws, most of my effort was going to the left because that made sense to me. my next thought was sawzall and cut off tool just wondered what others did, im a firm believer of a smack over the dead pull but it just did not work this time