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Severe vs Heavy Duty Fan Clutches

Started by oldcarnut, August 20, 2009, 01:39:46 PM

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oldcarnut

The 70 RR is starting to climb temps a little too much after awhile.  I checked the old fan clutch right after it got hot and it turned by hand without a lot of resistance so I feel its time for a new one.  Autozone was the only parts place that listed both a severe and a heavy duty clutch but they couldn't tell me the differences. http://www.autozone.com/autozone/catalog/parts/partsShelf.jsp?categoryDisplayName=Climate+Control&fromType=parts&fromString=search&parentId=52-0&currentPage=1&filterByKeyWord=clutch+fan&isSearchByPartNumber=false&navValue=15200118&categoryNValue=15299999&fromWhere=&itemId=118-0&displayName=Fan+Clutch&searchText=clutch+fan

Being that my RR is getting cloned into a Superbird with it's own set of cooling issues and I'll add A/C to it also on top of that, does anyone have any experience with the "Severe Duty" applications or is it about the same as "Heavy Duty" with higher cost? I assume it was for maybe campers, trucks or similar applications but if it's better cooling and fits, I'll pay a little more.  I read some of the posts about Hayden but didn't see this one from Autozone.  Is it hype or does it work better and why?

lisiecki1

the one from autozone isn't made by hayden?
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oldcarnut

Someone at another parts store told me that the spring was bigger and worked at 5 deg's lower temp  :shruggy:  Guess I'll find out tomorrow when it comes in.