Water pump or fan clutch ?

[Turbo Habanero]

My fan clutch started making this really bad grinding/rubbing noise that's only getting worse.

Also if you look at the diagram below the shaft that goes into the back of the fan clutch seems to be a problem area as i can put my hand on the fan clutch and rotate the fan around the shaft i'm afraid its about to fall completely off.

So my question is do i need to replace the fan clutch or the water pump?

A shop replaced fan clutch less then 20,000 miles ago. But i will do it again if its the problem.

 

[bloodasp90]

simple thing to do is to remove the fan clutch and manual test (spin it) and see if its the part thats making the noise.

 

[Turbo Habanero]

Will do.

I'm not as concerned with the noise as much as I am the wobble of the fan and clutch around the shaft but I'm sure that the sound is because of the wobble

 

[Dan_Gyoba]

Water pump. Particularly with the grinding noise. If the fan clutch fails like that, then the fan spins at input shaft speed. You get a lot of wind noise from the fan when revving, but no grinding.

BTDT. Get the OEM water pump, too. I went through 2 third party ones before getting the OEM. First one leaked, the second one wouldn't clear the water passages in the block without rubbing.

 

[Turbo Habanero]

thanks Dan. Much appreciated