Replacing Magnet Clutch

 

Tools required:

-Phillips screwdriver (to take away the plastic engine cover)
- Ratchet 10mm & 12mm sockets
- 4" & 8" extensions (needed to simply take away the v-belt cover)
- Snap ring pliers, ideally each straight and bent (or a small-bladed flat screwdriver, if you are patient) Feeler gauge
Optional: giant channel lock pliers, chain wrench, or deep well socket

First, pop the hood and take away the plastic engine cowl. Then, using 10mm & 12mm sockets, take away the v-belt cowl. employing a 12mm socket, loosen the A/C v-belt (if present). you do not have to be compelled to fully take away the A/C v-belt, however you'll wish to drag it off of the compressor pulley and move it out of your manner.

Clutch replacement: First, you would like to get rid of the 10mm bolt holding the clutch itself on:
You can try this simply with a ratchet and 10mm socket. the sole catch is that the clutch can spin with the bolt. So, you would like to carry the clutch from spinning whereas you loosen the bolt. you may try this with a awfully huge channel lock pliers, a sequence wrench, or simply wedge one thing in there in order that the clutch will not flip. In my case, I wedged a deep well 11mm socket (honestly, the 4" socket extension would in all probability work simply as well):

 


Once the bolt comes out, the outer clutch [*fr1] can simply slide right off. you will see the snap ring that holds the compressor pulley on. If you're going to reuse your existing clutch elements (pulley & outer clutch half), concentrate TO what percentage WASHERS ARE IN PLACE HERE (see picture). These washers act as shims to make sure correct clutch clearance, and in some cases you will have quite one (mine had two):

Once you've got set the washer(s) aside, you would like to get rid of the snap ring holding the pulley on. this may be done with a snap ring pliers, or alittle flat screwdriver. With alittle screwdriver, you just work round the ring prying it out from the groove it's seated in. With a snap ring pliers ... well, if you have got a snap ring pliers you recognize how it works.

Once the snap ring is removed, the pulley can slide right off. what is left now's the electromagnet that engages & disengages the clutch, turning the compressor on and off. this is often the half that has to get replaced if your wiring harness was destroyed by a thrown v-belt. this is often additionally held in by a snap ring, that is best to induce to with an enormous set of 45-degree bent snap ring pliers. If you are going to undertake and take away this one with a flat blade screwdriver, be terribly careful to not gouge the shaft on that the pulley bearing sits:

Once the snap ring is removed, the magnet can slide right off of the compressor. At now, perform these same steps on your junkyard compressor, removing the clutch, pulley, and magnet. Installation is that the reverse of removal.

Two notes on reinstallation: First, the outer clutch slides onto a splined shaft (as seen in photos above). The clutch and also the splined shaft are keyed, thus do not force the clutch onto the shaft if it resists. there's a black dot (seen in photos above) on the splined shaft. This should mate up with a flat spot on the within of the clutch:

That's it! Hopefully somebody finds this useful!