BELT PULLEY, REMOVING AND INSTALLING, "Denso" A/C COMPRESSOR, VERSION "1": Installing

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NOTE:

Replace circlip -A-.

Clean A/C compressor flange before installing pulley -B-.

When installing circlip -A-, note that it cannot be bent open more than is necessary for installation.

-- Install the pulley -B-.

-- Insert circlip -A- on correct side, the side with beveled insertion edge -C- faces away from A/C compressor (install flat side facing A/C compressor).

-- Clean the compressor shaft thread.

NOTE:

The thread of the new drive plate has already been greased with a specific amount of a grease by the manufacturer.

-- When installing drive plate, coat the rubber element -D- lightly e.g. with tire mounting paste or soap solution (as sliding compound).

-- Insert rubber element -D- in belt pulley -B- according to illustration.

-- Press the drive plate rubber element -C- far enough into the pulley -E- until the drive plate -C- until it contacts A/C compressor shaft -B-.

Fig 1: Removing/Installing Belt Pulley, "Denso" A/C Compressor - Version 1

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-- Attach the drive plate -C- to the compressor shaft -B- by turning it contrary to the direction of the -arrow-.

-- Hold the A/C compressor input shaft -B- for example, with a standard 7 mm Allen wrench and turn the drive plate -C- together with the belt pulley -E- opposite the direction of the -arrow- (tightening specification 30 Nm).