OK this is out of the norm ,but why is the wires for the fanclutch getting cought in the fan this is #3 and I cant aford this I have tripple checked this and it looks good after the install and its drives for a few weeks then WHAM! ripped up wires. any one have an idea?? please

 

Wires on your fan clutch? What year is it?

 

I had the same problem with my 2003 and found out after 5 sets of wires that the radiator was not in the bottom mounts

 

its an 05 3500, radiator is in the mounts it seems to be bad hwy roads but theres got to be a fix. can the clutch be pinned? and how?

 

ok I just looked at my 05 and I have no wires to the fan clutch????



Just has a Viscous Fan Drive

 

I had the same problem with a truck from another dealership. They replaced the fan clutch three times for this problem. You need to check for runout in the fan hub. I replaced the bearing and hub and solved the problem. If you have any wobble in the fan and pulley then replace the hub and bearing. This causes the wiring to start whipping at higher RPM's. When that happens it catches the fan blade and rips out the wiring to the clutch. The other dealership also replaced the radiator because of damage twice. Good Luck

 

Yes you do, you just don't know where to look.

 

Thanks I will check the runout tomorrow

 

Spooler - give me a hint. Does a 03 have this too?

 

i'm not spooler, but yes your 03 does

 

If you don't they already got ripped off at some time and your fan is only running at about 60% efficiency with the viscous drive.

Look on the bottm right hand side (facing front of truck) of the shroud. You should have a plug and metal tube bolted to the shoroud mount. The metal tube runs up the front of the rad to protect the wires. If the tube is not there and solidly mounted to the shroud mount the wires will never hold in front of the fan.

 

Well I think bigiron70 got it i watched the fan and it turns pefect but if I pull real hard I can get it to tilt a 1/2" in and out .gona change the bearing and clutch tomorrow an see..Everyone cross your fingers please