I have a 2009 Honda Odyssey with working A/C…however the bearing in the pulley is bad and causes quite a scream when you start it up. I want to buy a $50 clutch replacement kit to replace the pulley with that one. Is it worth it? No shop I’ve called is willing to do this repair. They want to drain …

My gut feeling is the shops you’ve called don’t want to do this job because they know it will be coming right back when it fails again. I’d say fix it right and be done with it.

I love this answer because I have the same feeling. My wife wants me to do the whole compressor because I told her my concern too. I was not looking forwards to disrupting the refrigerant though.

As you have just discovered, there is a huge difference between what a person working on his own car can get away with, versus what a professional shop would do. As a DIYer, you can do the job to whatever quality standard you feel comfortable with. You don’t have to worry about liability, or a pos…

[quote=“bcohen2010, post:4, topic:175336”] there is a huge difference between what a person working on his own car can get away with [/quote]well of course. I’m looking more from a perspective of “is it worth doing” versus “will it cost more money later.” Of course I’m capable of the repair, just …

The compressor clutch can be replaced in the vehicle without reclaiming the refrigerant, with the proper tools. Tester

I have replaced clutch assemblies only on compressors with no issues. The reason for a shop’s hesitation is that too many people (and I’m not saying you are one of them) will willingly agree to a clutch only repair and made aware of unintended consequences. When the aged compressor gives up a mont…

My daughters car had a compressor replacement 6 months…and then I found the clutch had failed. Since I didn’t have a tool or the time, I took it to the Mazda dealer and said replace just the clutch. When I went to pick up the car, they told me it had needed a new compressor at $800. As I walked o…

I bet $10 the compressor is on bottom of motor 3” from subframe. A bear to reach. Very hard to remove clutch/pulley hub in situ and even harder to press it back on. I did it 2 yrs ago on a similar rig. You have to unbolt compressor from motor to even reach the hub.

The clutch hub bearing is under the same load when the engine is running regardless whether the AC is on or off. Did the scream suddenly appear or did it occur soon after adding refrigerant?

A/C Compressor Clutch Kit. Worth it?

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Burger1 March 8, 2021, 5:36pm 17

As far as I was able to see it looked fairly clean.

The noise also returned immediately upon starting it back up. No break-in time either

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