Clutch Fan gone bad

[Rastadori]

So i did some test and its safe to say my clutch fan has gone bad. its stuck, its loud like a jet. It needs to be replaced. I got a replacement for it, OEM. But i have no idea how to do it. I am quite the newb when it comes to cars so can anyone tell me perhaps step by step on how I should tackle this? I hear its not hard but I rather hear from my fellow z-members on how you can do it. It's my first legit thing ill be doing to my car aside from fuel pump and oil changes haha

[itsa300zx]

Super easy to replace.

Remove upper fan shroud, should be 4 screws that hold it to the rad, one on each side and two bottom. The lower shroud half ring is held on by couple clips at each end. This will give enough room to remove the clutch and fan together.

Remove clutch/fan, four 10mm nuts attached to the water pump. You will need to rotate the pump pulley to access them all.

Once slid off the water pump, swap over the fan over. Four 8mm head bolts.

Reverse install.

Hope that helps

[Rastadori]

Okay thanks for the info. Part arrives friday so i will be using your steps to get to it.

[DCaff300ZX]

Not mentioned is that as you go to remove the pulley/clutch fan there is tension on it from the alt, so you'll need to loosen that so the belt will not be an issue as you remove the pulley/clutch fan.
Pretty easy job, just tight spaces to deal with.

[itsa300zx]

Not mentioned is that as you go to remove the pulley/clutch fan there is tension on it from the alt, so you'll need to loosen that so the belt will not be an issue as you remove the pulley/clutch fan.
Pretty easy job, just tight spaces to deal with.

Actually, when I replaced a fan clutch for someone couple years ago, I left the water pump pulley and belt untouched.
For me, the WP pulley/belt did not need to be loosened up, although they share the same 4 studs that the clutch bolts onto.

[Rastadori]

so i should not touch the water pump or anything? just loosen the 4 bolts as stated above? im very new to this so hopefully i can get a detailed explanation from someone. thanks

[itsa300zx]

I made a quick video here to help, I don't have a fan shroud, so you need to figure that out yourself.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cXr6VmK-u2M

[Rastadori]

DUDE thank you so much. Today I got around putting new spark plugs and air filter because I will have to smog it in CA. I wanted to tackle the clutch fan but even with what I was told I was really confused. Going to try again tomorrow in the morning with this now. Thank you. Hopefully it goes well.

I will have the engine in so this will be a in a way a bit different.

[DCaff300ZX]

Glad you got a video, far more helpful. Regarding the fan shroud, it will need removal to do the work as it will get in the way otherwise...simple 4 screws as stated.
Regarding loosening the alt or not, on my OEM TT it was not needed but on the NA the top/waterpump pulley would shift due to the belt tension (drilled out studs for bolts from past aftermarket clutch fan or broken stud) and pulley/new fan clutch not go back together without loosening the alt.