AC Compressor Clutch Bearing
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AC Compressor Clutch Bearing
I was having horrible noises coming from the AC Compressor. With some help from this forum and the service manual I pulled off the clutch pulley and replaced the bearing. Not very difficult at all - remove he 8mm bolt from the center of the pressure plate, pull out the pressure plate, remove a snap ring, and pull off the rotor/ pulley. But now that I'm putting it back together, I'm baffled: the bolt in the center of the pressure plate threads into the pressure plate, not the splined shaft, so there's nothing that holds the pressure plate in place, it could just walk of the end of the shaft. From the service manual, it looks like the bolt is only there so that you can replace it with a longer one and press the pressure plate off the shaft if need be, but it's not an interference fit - I can easily push it on or off by hand. What am I missing here?
It's a '89 4Runner 3VZE if it matters, but it looks like half of all Japanese cars use this same compressor.
It's a '89 4Runner 3VZE if it matters, but it looks like half of all Japanese cars use this same compressor.
Last edited by PukaWai; 01-13-2016 at 02:55 PM.
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