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Originally Posted by LEEVON

Don't know how I came up with this but I've changed water pumps a few times on 5.3's and I always take a double-loop of rebar tie wire, wrap it through the fan pulley then around the water pump and remove the nut. Works like a charm!

Thanks for the tip LEEVON. I just replaced my water pump gaskets and your trick worked like charm. However, I had use a quadruple-loop of wire because two strands kept breaking.