UPDATE!!! Big bucks saved on this job I tell you!! Sorry but I dont have pics, I bought a $6.00 puller at advance auto but it just bent when I applied great force! My buddy brought a industrial puller from work and it pulled the pully right off like nothing. ( we had to take the compressor off the mounting plate for some extra room to get the puller in, We did NOT disconnect the ac lines doing this!!)) The bearing wasnt even turning, it was shot!! We banged out the bearing using a solid steel rod that was exatly the same diameter of the bearing, called a few places and found a place that would have one this am, got it today Bearing cost was $18.01 with tax!! My friend said to to put the bearing in the freezer for an hour, right before we took it out we heated the bearing housing up with a torch got it nice in hot, too bearing out of freezer, quickly put some loctite on the outside of the bearing and the bearing dropped right in the slot on the pulley!! I couldnt believe it, it worked!! Now to get the pulley back on the compressor, But buddy had a can of refridgerent and sprayed the inner shaft if the compressor making it nice and cold, and I got the outer ring of the pulley that the bearing is being held by warm with the torch, brought it over to the compressor and it slid on like butter. put the snap ring back on put the outer clutch, belt, waited to cool for awhile then started up! Ohhh what a big difference in sound, put hand on top of compressor and there was no more grinding!! This was the issue here a $18 dollar bearing, vrs a new $213.00 compressor.
Word to all is that if you have the time to do a job then do it. this truck was of comission since monday in the garage all starting out with a fan clutch wich indeed was bad. All the places i called said the compressor was bad, If I were to get a new one and give them my core they would of refirbished my old one and sold it again for $200+ dollars, all they wold have done is put in a new bearing and coil and cleaned it up and box it up, what a joke. Every project anymore is a learning curve and not to mention you save a lot of money. Alot of internet searching and videos to learn what you are getting intois worth it!! The durango runs great now, I may even pick up a few more MPG's with a pully that is turning freely now!!

 

Good job!

SJ02

 

Great Job Artic! Sorry I did not get to respond to you sooner to inform you that you should not loose any freon if you are just pulling off the clutch where the bearing would be located. Yeah, you pretty went thru what I did, the bearing replacement can be a big PITA when it goes out, it gets stuck on the shaft pretty good!

Saved tons of money in not having to replace the compressor when it starts to squeal and just replace the bearing.