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Originally Posted by aleekat
Jaw gear puller...
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Nope... can't use a puller to remove the clutch plate, at least with this model compressor.
Here's how it works:
The clutch plate fits into the pulley via spline'd fitting; it's held against the pulley with an 8mm fastener into the compressor shaft. The clutch plate typically just slips off the compressor shaft. Not for me, though... which sucks balls.
The compressor pulley is secured to, and prevented from moving along, the compressor shaft by a snap ring. The three-jawed puller may be used
only after the snap ring is removed, and
only to draw the pulley from the compressor shaft. I'll definitely be using a puller then.
Thanks for your suggestion about PBblaster. I'll soak the plate best I can with that stuff and let it sit overnight.
I swear... why must the simplest chores become the most time hemorrhaging hassles...
I hate rust. And gravity.