I managed to remove the OEM damper by just loosening the bottom two nuts holding the fan shroud and collapse the schroud forward. I wiggled the OEM damper out passed the fan (barely). While I was at it, I did the “tone ring” mod as well. Now the Fluidampr is about ½” thicker. When it was time to re-install the Fluidampr, NO GO because the fan is in the way. Is it necessary to remove the fan? If so, how do you go about doing it? I can see two sets of bols, one is 6 13mm bolts attached to the fan facing the front and 6 more smaller ones facing the engine. Which one do I remove to move the fan out of the way about ½”. I even tried to re-install the OEM damper it too did not want to go back to its old home. I appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

on my 05 i was able to get mine in with out having to remove the fan. it was a tight fit but it made it in there.

 

Don't get worried, if all else fails you can take off the intercooler and radiator then the whole fan assembly comes off with 4 10 mm bolts don't try to use a fan wrench and take the fan off of the hub. oh, and make sure the part number on the fluidamr is 920301, that is the correct one for you (06) Jay

 

I’m an Idiot! I’m an Idiot! I’m an Idiot! The reason it did not fit is I had the tone ring backwards. It took me a hour of trying to re-install the OEM damper and wonder why it did not want to go back to its old home. I donned on me to try to flip the tone ring. That did the trick. It was still tight but it went in. Man I feel like a big idiot. It is the correct P/N 920301 for my 06. I hope this mod is worth it because the Fluidampr was not cheap.

How much advance timing do the tone ring delivers? I can hear a slight pinging/rattle almost a much as when I had the Smarty on even SW#. I switched to even SW# on the Smarty due to excessive pinging/rattle. Thanks a lot guys/gals for all your help. Now tomorrow is a day set to install gauges and hope nothing goes wrong.

 

More work doing that instead of removing the clutch isn't it?

 

fan clutches are never fun to remove.

 

what's you impression of the fluidampr and how much r they gitn for them now?