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

-- Remove the cap -A-.

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

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-- Hold the A/C compressor input shaft -B- with a 7 mm wrench and turn the drive plate -C- together with the pulley -E- in the direction of the -arrow-.

NOTE:

The torque to drive the A/C compressor is transferred to the drive plate -C- via the threaded connection. If, while the A/C compressor is working, the drive 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.

-- Remove the drive plate -C-.

-- Remove the circlip -A-.

Fig 2: Identifying Drive Plate Components

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-- Remove the pulley -B-.