Clutch Plate, Removing and Installing
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-- Turn off the ignition.
-- Perform the preliminary work as for replacing the belt pulley. Refer to PRELIMINARY WORK FOR REPLACING BELT PULLEY .
-- Remove the cap -A-.
-- Hold the A/C compressor input shaft -B- secure with a commercially available socket (7 mm) and turn the clutch plate -C- in direction of -arrow-.
NOTE:
The torque to drive the A/C compressor is transferred to the clutch plate -C- via the threaded connection. If, while the A/C compressor is working, the clutch plate -C- was attached to the A/C compressor shaft so tight, that it cannot be loosened (the 7 mm Allen wrench -B- cannot transmit the necessary torque) then the A/C compressor must be replaced.