Thursday, March 13, 2008 - 09:59 pm, by: Ashley Leach(Ashlar)
Anyone had any experiences with A/C Pressure plate rubbing after a serpentine belt change? I swapped the serpentine belts over tonight and afterward the pressure plate seems to be slowly rotating and rubbing even though the A/C isn't on. She's making a right old noise and a slight burning smell.
http://www.lextreme.com/ac.html From what I read you can shim the AC pressure plate out to 0.05-0.15mm. Does anyone know what I use, is it a small steel washer or something else? Has any one had this happen before?
Ashley Leach DieHard South Australia GT Limited UZZ31 V8
Friday, March 14, 2008 - 01:12 pm, by: Ashley Leach(Ashlar)
Just spoke to an A/C place. Can't get in until Monday but he did mention that it much be a bearing... Now as far as I can tell there isn't any bearing attached to the front pulley.
The only thing I can see is the Stator... Is this thing like bearing? Can it seize?
Friday, March 14, 2008 - 06:08 pm, by: Rich O'neil(Kiwiinaus)
You need to STOP running the compressor !! It's most probably the nose cone bearing in the front of the compressor , that's what it runs on , what can happen is that the bearing gets sloppy and allows the things to touch or the bearing could already have turned in the housing making a huge mess !! If the bearing turns in the front housing then it's goodbye compressor and maybe even a total strip of the system to flush the evaporator . Get the compressor out and get it looked at .
Ashley Leach DieHard South Australia GT Limited UZZ31 V8
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