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Yeah, while the electricity has to come from somewhere. My fans only rarely engage,unless the A/C is on. Belt service,along with many other service tasks are made much easier w/o fan,and/or that huge fan shroud in the way...
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Isn't the Trailblazer SS fan clutch electronic?
If so, how do you make this work?
Interested in this upgrade.
Once you learn how the belt is routed it makes no real difference if the fan and shroud are there or not. I put the belt on my Express van from under the van and it takes about 2 minutes to do. The clutch fan freewheels when it is not needed too with almost zero resistance. I love the simplicity of the clutch fan and feel if its not broken why complicate it. I needed to replace my fan clutch at the time and the Duramax blade upgrade cost me less than $60 to do taking into account I was changing the clutch anyway. The Hayden severe duty clutch was about $80. Price for the clutch was about the same for the L31 clutch and the TBSS clutch.Yeah, while the electricity has to come from somewhere. My fans only rarely engage,unless the A/C is on. Belt service,along with many other service tasks are made much easier w/o fan,and/or that huge fan shroud in the way...
The other drawback to engine driven fans is the additional load they place on the nose of the water pump. Plus,the additional work to replace a water pump with engine driven fans. I remember when all vehicles had them. Now they're becoming fewer,and fewer... Doubt OEM's would add additional costs/complexity without there being significant advantages.
Yeah, in your case the extra load on the engine comes from the alternator instead of the fan clutch.Upgraded AD244 MORE than makes up the difference, without the added load on the engine coming from the clutch fan.