Driving with bad ac compressor pulley
#11
Thanks...how many bolts?
Thats what I was thinking. If I understand correctly, if I don't hook up the electrical connector for the clutch, it should never engage the pump and it will act just like an idler pulley.
How many bolts hold this thing onto the motor? I really can't see them too well, it looks like 3 of them.
Do you think I'd be able to just disconnect the hoses, loosen the bolts holding it on and take it out of the belt? Conversely, is it reasonable to think I might get it into the belt then set it into place and bolt it down? Thus not having to deal with loosening anything else to make room? I was hoping there might be enough play in the tensioner to let me get away with this.
Obviously I can screw around at the junkyard with this, but knowledge is power, so any help is appreciated.
How many bolts hold this thing onto the motor? I really can't see them too well, it looks like 3 of them.
Do you think I'd be able to just disconnect the hoses, loosen the bolts holding it on and take it out of the belt? Conversely, is it reasonable to think I might get it into the belt then set it into place and bolt it down? Thus not having to deal with loosening anything else to make room? I was hoping there might be enough play in the tensioner to let me get away with this.
Obviously I can screw around at the junkyard with this, but knowledge is power, so any help is appreciated.
Last edited by johnmuoio; 01-07-2010 at 06:52 PM. Reason: Forgot a comment
#12
If you hook up the electrical connector and have no Freon, the compressor will never engage. and the pump will never turn, only the pulley will turn.there are like 3 or so bolts holding it to the motorI remove the compressor out the top, it is VERY easy and the last one took me a whole 30 min total. I have NO clue what you are talking about with the belt, all you do is releive the tension on the tensioner just as if you were to replace the belt, then when you have the compressor installed, re-install the belt. BTW did you know there was a diagram of the belt routing on the right strut tower... it includesa showing where the tensioner is located. Oh, and to make this job A LOT easier, I removed the upper radiator support. It's a 5 min job and makes for tons of room to work. Didn't even need to go under the vehicle at all.
#13
#15
Dealing with the belt
If you hook up the electrical connector and have no Freon, the compressor will never engage. and the pump will never turn, only the pulley will turn.there are like 3 or so bolts holding it to the motorI remove the compressor out the top, it is VERY easy and the last one took me a whole 30 min total. I have NO clue what you are talking about with the belt, all you do is releive the tension on the tensioner just as if you were to replace the belt, then when you have the compressor installed, re-install the belt. BTW did you know there was a diagram of the belt routing on the right strut tower... it includesa showing where the tensioner is located. Oh, and to make this job A LOT easier, I removed the upper radiator support. It's a 5 min job and makes for tons of room to work. Didn't even need to go under the vehicle at all.
There was also a suggestion to loosen the alternator, but I can really only see one bolt and it doesn't look as if it would be any help.
#16
i aint seein y yalls gotta make this harder than it is. the mans spoon fed yall even i can prolly do this job but if shes gotta 3.0 just cut the belt off or y not just gets a shortr belf and bypass the a/c. i dun belts on 3.3 and man its super ez i just use a 15 rench and then anothr rench to make it ezr to move the tensuner