Interesting AC clutch problem --
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Burning Brakes
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Interesting AC clutch problem --
Sorta expect I'm heading to an AC compressor replacement job, but thought I'd check in here first.
I have what sounds like a compressor clutch bearing failure on my 2004 coupe -- lots of mechanical rattling noise when the clutch is disengaged, silent when engaged. AC works well (can't complain after 15 years and 58K hard commuting miles). When I went to remove the 13 mm nut to disassemble the compressor clutch, the threads stripped *on the shaft* -- the nut now spins freely, but it cannot advance off of the shaft.
My question: Is the shaft separate from the compressor shaft, or the same shaft (I expect the same)?
The reason I ask is that if the clutch shaft is separate, there may be a chance I only have to replace clutch assembly. If it is the same shaft, it's new compressor time (and in fact the entire system, as I'll "do it right" and replaced the condenser, accumulator and orifice tube, and flush the system before reassembly).
I have what sounds like a compressor clutch bearing failure on my 2004 coupe -- lots of mechanical rattling noise when the clutch is disengaged, silent when engaged. AC works well (can't complain after 15 years and 58K hard commuting miles). When I went to remove the 13 mm nut to disassemble the compressor clutch, the threads stripped *on the shaft* -- the nut now spins freely, but it cannot advance off of the shaft.
My question: Is the shaft separate from the compressor shaft, or the same shaft (I expect the same)?
The reason I ask is that if the clutch shaft is separate, there may be a chance I only have to replace clutch assembly. If it is the same shaft, it's new compressor time (and in fact the entire system, as I'll "do it right" and replaced the condenser, accumulator and orifice tube, and flush the system before reassembly).
Drifting
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From: Denver, NC
Sorta expect I'm heading to an AC compressor replacement job, but thought I'd check in here first.
I have what sounds like a compressor clutch bearing failure on my 2004 coupe -- lots of mechanical rattling noise when the clutch is disengaged, silent when engaged. AC works well (can't complain after 15 years and 58K hard commuting miles). When I went to remove the 13 mm nut to disassemble the compressor clutch, the threads stripped *on the shaft* -- the nut now spins freely, but it cannot advance off of the shaft.
My question: Is the shaft separate from the compressor shaft, or the same shaft (I expect the same)?
The reason I ask is that if the clutch shaft is separate, there may be a chance I only have to replace clutch assembly. If it is the same shaft, it's new compressor time (and in fact the entire system, as I'll "do it right" and replaced the condenser, accumulator and orifice tube, and flush the system before reassembly).
I have what sounds like a compressor clutch bearing failure on my 2004 coupe -- lots of mechanical rattling noise when the clutch is disengaged, silent when engaged. AC works well (can't complain after 15 years and 58K hard commuting miles). When I went to remove the 13 mm nut to disassemble the compressor clutch, the threads stripped *on the shaft* -- the nut now spins freely, but it cannot advance off of the shaft.
My question: Is the shaft separate from the compressor shaft, or the same shaft (I expect the same)?
The reason I ask is that if the clutch shaft is separate, there may be a chance I only have to replace clutch assembly. If it is the same shaft, it's new compressor time (and in fact the entire system, as I'll "do it right" and replaced the condenser, accumulator and orifice tube, and flush the system before reassembly).
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...placement.html
Last edited by Ed Ramberger; Mar 24, 2019 at 10:00 PM.
