Thanks for the advice guys.  On my 1982 Westy it turns out that the three perimiter bolts and the center bolt have to be removed.  The center bolt had a big washer under the head that holds the fan in place.  Once I got the fan shoud split and all the bolts off the fan came off with only a minor struggle.
Jake
82 Westy

Tom Young <tomyoung1@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
There's no need to remove the one center bolt simply to remove the fan.
That center bolt holds the fan hub to the crank.
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Tom Young '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549 '82 Westfalia
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder"
To:
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: fan shroud removal

> There are three perimeter bolts and one center bolt in the fan.
> Remove these, bump the fan belt ring with a rubber hammer and it should
fall
> off in your hands.

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