wtf?? Waterpump problems

[popofseth]

Any help? I can't get the 32mm nut for the fanto unscrew. I know it's reverse thread, I have taken off the fan, so I have a decent amount of room, but it won't come off. I have tried the quick sharp hit, but it just turns...

[b*saint]

Take an air hammer walk the nut free. Like on a gmc. If you don't have a air hammer, use a long punch.

[gokepsgo]

I watched my friend take mine off today.. he undid two of the small bolts for clearance while I held pressure on the alternator belt so it wouldn't spin. Then he just gave it a couple hard shoves with a wrench and it came right off

[Adrian_Visser]

Whack the wrench with a hammer.

[popofseth]

it's not that it won't turn, but i can't get any grip to hold it while i turn the wrench...

[jlevie]

Use a counter hold tool or a large screwdriver against the pulley nuts to hold that shaft.

[llll1l1ll]

Yeah, really making sure the pulleys don't spin is key.

[popofseth]

ok, got it off... but it doesn't seem like it's bad. the fan spins when i turn the hub when the pulley connects. is there something i am missing?

story: i was driving it one day and i noticed it was getting hotter than usual. while driving it didn't do to bad, at idle it got hotter. i thought maybe the fan was bad. when i inspected it though, it was coming on, so i thought thermostat, replaced it, seemed a little better, but still not fixed. i took the thermostat all the way off to see if that would help, nope, got hot quick, real quick. so i thought maybe with all the tinkering the waterpump may have went out now... what else is there to a cooling system?

[blefevre]

Did you bleed the cooling system after doing the thermostat? You could have air trapped in the system.

[b*saint]

Its a viscous coupling.

[popofseth]

Idk about the bleeding, a shop did it for me. I don't have a clue where a viscous coupling would be. I might put it together tonight and see if the bleeder was the problem.

And thanks to all who helped already, I appreciate it.