How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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06/15/11 09:16 AM
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Is the clutch pressed on like a harmonic balancer, or should it come off when you remove the one bolt in the center?
69 Chrysler 300 Convertible
77 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 2-dr
03 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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06/15/11 11:01 AM
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most I've seen there is a 5/16" bolt ( 1/2" hex head ) holding the clutch on. Remove said bolt and then the clutch is threaded. I think the threads are something like 5/8"
Just thread the large bolt in and it pulls the clutch off
What Bill said. The clutch is on a tapered shaft/crank end and you will need to "push" (or pull ) it off with a larger bolt. BTW all of the bolts are right-hand threads....
MikeR
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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06/15/11 11:48 AM
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on my 74 ( earliers too ) the clutch its pressed in to the bearing, inside the pulley.
the 1/2" hex head bolt in the middle just holds the complete clutch/pulley assembly into the tappered crank shaft
I remember have seen a thread somewhere around though, but had to remmove it with a press. Long time I did that!
Note, my assembly is with the smaller diameter pulley, not the big pulley like 60s models. Maybe there is the difference
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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06/15/11 01:51 PM
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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oh wait.but hey.lets see.oh yeah.
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Ive removed quite a few using my deadblow hammer.I just remove the center nut then tap around the backside of the clutch.Ive never had one that wouldnt come off with some light tapping.One from my Imp sat for probally 10 years in the garage.A few taps and it slid off.Rocky
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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What's a good way to hold the clutch from turning without damaging it while trying to pull it off using this method?
69 Chrysler 300 Convertible
77 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 2-dr
03 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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I keep forgetting I own an impact wrench! I'll try that.
69 Chrysler 300 Convertible
77 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 2-dr
03 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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06/21/11 10:47 PM
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Just went out and did it with my impact wrench - worked like a charm!
69 Chrysler 300 Convertible
77 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham 2-dr
03 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited
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Re: How to remove clutch from RV-2 style A/C compressor?
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What's a good way to hold the clutch from turning without damaging it while trying to pull it off using this method?
Now that you already got it off I guess I don't need to tell how to hold it Next time take an old fan belt wrap it around the compressor pulley and put the long loop other end into a vise and pinch the belt until it is firmly in the pulley groove........
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