Please Help/ AC Clutch removal
#1
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Please Help/ AC Clutch removal
I am non mechanical, so my more skilled friend is helping me. I have a loud squealing sound when the Air Conditioner is on. (1993 SC300) So far this week, I put on a new serpentine belt, and a new Idler Pulley did not stop the noise either. The car squeals loud with the air conditioner on, and when I turn the wheels when parked and the engine running, or moving slowly and turning the wheels sharply.
From what we can tell, it could be the "bearings" in the Air Conditioner's clutch. Is there a way to remove the clutch and/or the bearing without removing the air conditioner compressor from the car and losing all of the freon, etc.
It looks like a new "bearing is only $10 to $30 dollars. The "clutch" seems to be $150 or more.
I am unemployed and struggling to survive right now. I can not afford to put in a new air conditioner compressor. Is there a tutorial of how to remove the air conditioner clutch and the bearing? I saw a thread about one guy who removed the bearing from an old idler pulley with a socket and hammer, and he installed the new bearing into the old pulley.
The car gives a brief squeal when I start it up. It has a slight squeal intermittently when the A/C is off and I am driving. But with the AC turned on and the wheel turning sharply while backing out of a parking lot, it is a REAL loud squeal.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Other than get a job, which, believe me I am trying to do....
From what we can tell, it could be the "bearings" in the Air Conditioner's clutch. Is there a way to remove the clutch and/or the bearing without removing the air conditioner compressor from the car and losing all of the freon, etc.
It looks like a new "bearing is only $10 to $30 dollars. The "clutch" seems to be $150 or more.
I am unemployed and struggling to survive right now. I can not afford to put in a new air conditioner compressor. Is there a tutorial of how to remove the air conditioner clutch and the bearing? I saw a thread about one guy who removed the bearing from an old idler pulley with a socket and hammer, and he installed the new bearing into the old pulley.
The car gives a brief squeal when I start it up. It has a slight squeal intermittently when the A/C is off and I am driving. But with the AC turned on and the wheel turning sharply while backing out of a parking lot, it is a REAL loud squeal.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Other than get a job, which, believe me I am trying to do....
#2
Keeper of the light
iTrader: (17)
STOP......... Turning the wheels has nothing to do with your AC compressor so let's just stop right there. Turning the wheels puts more strain on the belt that the PS pump is on. It cannot affect the AC in any way other than that. If turning the wheel produces or changes the squealing in any way, blame the belt system somewhere, but not the AC unit itself. Your compressor only shares that belt, it doesn't change a thing about the compressor to turn the wheels and make the PS pump work harder.
#3
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 9
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
STOP......... Turning the wheels has nothing to do with your AC compressor so let's just stop right there. Turning the wheels puts more strain on the belt that the PS pump is on. It cannot affect the AC in any way other than that. If turning the wheel produces or changes the squealing in any way, blame the belt system somewhere, but not the AC unit itself. Your compressor only shares that belt, it doesn't change a thing about the compressor to turn the wheels and make the PS pump work harder.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
mohmandem
LX - 1st and 2nd Gen (1996-2007)
2
04-06-16 07:00 PM
ac, air, belt, car, clutch, conditioner, conditioning, lexus, loud, noise, removal, screeching, serpentine, sound, squealing