my fan clutch went out on me a couple weeks ago. im pretty sure it died since i could easily stop it with my finger and as i rev up the engine the fan did not really increase in speed.

i got a new fan clutch and installed it and everything worked great. only thing was the fan shroud got knocked around and hit the fan when i went out for a test drive. this appeared to stop the fan. i moved aroud the shroud and secured it and when i started it back up the fan did not seem to spin as fast. i could also easily stop it with my finger and also it did not seem to blow hard at all as i increased engine rpm.

is it possible to actually break a fan clutch by stopping the fan?

 

my fan clutch went out and took my water pump out with it and the water pump housing gasket

 

what happened that it broke all that other stuff?

 

it had a loose spot and it shook realy bad like it would hop up and down