how to seperate a clutch fan...out of the car

yup, its the 2 cylinder unit

the way you describe it would leave the backing plate on the compressor and the three little screws that hold it on exposed
now, imagine those 3 screw pulled out and the backing plate but back into the clutch
that's the situation

I need to figure out how to get the backing plate out of the clutch so I can reassemble it on my 360