Fan Blade Replacement woes

[VX KAT]

OOOOOOH O.o I'd love your old blade. That's awefully nice of you Kat. You just let me know when and how you would like to arrange the shipping and I'll get er dun. I'm in Juneau, AK, but it doesn't cost as much to ship here as one might think. I bought my VX with 110K miles on it. I'm assuming that, since mine currently has the older style blade on it, that my clutch must be a pre-redesign model.

Sounds good.
When Merlin told me of the re-design when I was ordering it, I recall he said it was a new "er" change, as he didn't recall seeing it before, so maybe early-mid 2012 was when it changed. I'd love to know WHY / WHAT was changed at such a late date...

Since he said the redesign was to the fan clutch, and then the blade had to be changed too, I'd guess you must have the "original" style fan clutch.

PM me your full name/addy and I'll reply with the shipping amount and my PayPal info.

[Marlin]

I put a torque cool fan clutch on mine when I first got it since the OEM one was shot. It was from autozone or advance for <100 bucks IIRC. I think it is supposed to have a thermostat, but this one doesn't. It sounds awesome! My truck has a very distinctive sound, like a semi truck in the first 3 or 4 gears. On the trail, everyone knows my truck by sound alone, a faint ticking, a roar of fan and a decent rumble from the flowmaster 40. I am sure the fan affects my mpg, but I don't care, worth it just for the sound...lol.

[VX-Man]

Marlin,
My OEM just went over the weekend and the VX started to heat up.
I went to Autozone (they were the ONLY outfit that had the part in stock) and got a Torqflo Fan clutch. after replacing it [had to tinker with the SC belt] and leaving the same OEM Fan.. The VX has a VERY distinctive sound.. Like a semi, you are correct. Is that normal? Or should check that I didn't do something wrong?
It could be that I never noticed cause the OEM fan was never that loud.. Or not working at all?
Any thoughts? THX!

[Marlin]

It is normal for that clutch. My thoughts, it isn't a clutch at all, or the thermostat for it is not right or it doesn't have one, so the clutch is always engaged. Been running it that way for 4 years, everyone always assumes I have a blower and definitely moves some air. It may affect your MPG a bit, but I will trade that for the cool semi sound

[VX-Man]

I see.. so normal to hear the blower all the time...
I wouldn't care much about the MPG either...
I wonder if the clutch does indeed have a Thermo.. it does have a sort of Spring on the back side.. [or is it the front?] but definitely it is always engaged...
If I can't deal the sound.. I will look for another solution... THX!

[Marlin]

I see.. so normal to hear the blower all the time...
I wouldn't care much about the MPG either...
I wonder if the clutch does indeed have a Thermo.. it does have a sort of Spring on the back side.. [or is it the front?] but definitely it is always engaged...
If I can't deal the sound.. I will look for another solution... THX!

I don't care about the sound, between the kevlars, the exhaust and the removal of all the carpet and rear plastic, its plenty loud enough that the blower sound is a monior issue

[tom4bren]

I have an extra fan & clutch if anyone is interested. Shop decided to replace mine after the accident even though there wasn't any visible damage.

[VX KAT]

I wonder if the clutch does indeed have a Thermo.. it does have a sort of Spring on the back side.. [or is it the front?] but definitely it is always engaged...

Have you downloaded the complete Workshop Manual yet? It has all this detail in it, along with schematics.

[VX-Man]

Haven't yet.. but I surely will...!
I have been busy with little cosmetic things so far... the change of the Fan Clutch was easy... just 4 bolts [plus the Fan's 4].
I can certainly use the shop manual coming up...

THX!