timing belt change

[kaid]

can anyone tell me the best way to remove fan guard to get to the timing belt( so much fun)

[85cj7]

It would help to know the vehicle?

But they are all about the same. In order to remove the fan shroud you must first remove the clutch fan assembly. There should be a large nut holding the fan and clutch onto the water pump pulley. There are usually 4 bolts physically bolting the pulley to the water pump. You must use a special tool (or you can make one) to hold the assembly stationary by means of these four bolts. The tool looks like a large non-adjustable spanner wretch. While holding the assembly still, bust the large nut loose and remove the fan/clutch assembly. Then there should be 4 bolts holding the fan shroud to the radiator core support. Remove those four bolts and pull up (or drop down depending on vehicle) to remove the fan shroud and fan. Then you have to remove the harmonic balancer and possibly the other accessory drives. Have fun!

[glend]

I agree it is different for each model. This was a big topic in a couple of the KJ forums around the world. In KJs the fan shroud is attached (clipped) into the front cooler stack assembly and is hard to removed, and blocked by the fan. A few people worked out a way to cut the fan shroud using a Dremel tool allowing the top section to be removed to access the front of the engine and the timing belt cover (this is on VM 2.8L CRDs). After the timing belt replacement the top section of the fan shroud was remounted to the rest of the plastic shroud using small stainless steel straps in about four places.

Have a look through this post on AJOR, it might help you out - there are photos to show the cuts.

http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/showthread.php?t=76201&highlight=fan+shroud+mod