water pump pully help

[Chris]

helping a friend remove his water pump pully to change the pump. we will be doing an electric fan at the same time. my question is. how the f*** do we get that damn pully off! its a 2000 4.0 wrangler. when i did my water pump and electric fan i used a rubber strap wrench thingy to hold the pully. we cant get the nut to move in between the fan and the pully. we have tried everything, including renting a tool(didnt fit) and buying a tool (didnt fit) we tried putting pressure on it by pushing on the belt as well. nothing seems to be working. and im pretty sure its reverse thread, but we have tried both directions.

my question is, what direction thread is that nut inbetween the pully and the clutch fan?

and any hints as to getting that pully to not move would be awesome! thanks.

[jeeptech]

The threads are Right hand. You need to put a wrench on the hex, with the belt installed and hit the wrench with a hammer. It might take a couple wacks but it will come off. You can also put a pry bar between the heads of the bolts to hold the pulley extra tight. Prop the pry bar against something solid.