anybody ever tried replacing the bearing???? the dealership wanted $650 even w/my toyota tech ed discount ahhh!!!!!

I heard ebay but whatever!!! I got the thing apart anybody know a part# maybe i'm going to call the parts dept. back tommarrow doubt they'll have the # even available....

I cant see dumping $650 into a peace of crap bracket!!
I guess i gotta go electric...
I'm stuck driving my moms 5.9 r/t dodge fullsize GAS GUZLER ah!!!

 

If you've got the bearing out you could take it to bearing place and they might be able to match it up.

 

you should be able to press out the brg and match it up at a local brg supplier. i have to do that for my a/c idler pulley, the fan brg cant be far behind.

lee

 

d'oh!! a measly 2 minutes between a winning post and a duplicate! speedy marc does it again!

lee

 

I got one for my 5VZ off e-bay, I think it's made in China but it looked the same and fit good. I think it was about $120 IIRC. I've taken off the mechanical fan now so maybe it will hold up ok. I never thought of replacing the bearing, I'll have to look into that since I have a spare now.

 

I went through the same crap. Total pain in the arse...

 

Yea i think the nearest bearing place is like a hour from me in New Orleans (ahhh!!!) so i guess i'm going ebay I almost did the elec mod but talked myself out of it when i saw the 60 price tag on ebay for a new bracket...

 

Any updates Max?
How 'bout you Goat? Did you look into bearing replacement on your spare?
No way I'm giving the stealer over $500 for a fan bracket.

Thanks.

 

I look at the bearing once and it looked like it was going to be a PITA to get it out, so I haven't done anything with it. It's just a highdollar paper weight right now.

 

I've recently seen that bearing. Mine was dead at 265,000 miles.
You probably are not going to get it out.
I cut my fan bracket all the way around the bearing and even then had trouble pounding it out. There was only about 15 centimeters of bearing left in the bracket and it was still a pain to get out.

Next, I ground down the driver's side lower bolt area so I could put a regular bolt in there. Then, I plugged the remaining hole where the bearing was with a PVC 1/2 cap I had on the workbench.

Then, I ran shorter belts from the crank to the PS and ALT.

17 bucks for a used Ford 3.8l fan (lincoln VIII in my case). bolted up to the radiator pretty darn well.

I'm using the hayden adjustable fan controller #3647 for now. No relay trouble yet with the 40 amp unit. I merged the 2 fan wires coming out of the controller and sent them off to the low speed wire on the Ford fan.

I can get you pictures/part numbers if you want.