The shims sit inside the center recess of the front clutch plate/hub. My shims were stuck in the hub, and I dug them out with a pick. If you get a kit, then you'll have plenty of options, but sometimes it's nice to measure what was there before and, as a first try, put enough in there to match or barely exceed the previous threshold.
Simplified steps should be something like:
They should be hanging out inside this guy
- Stator/coil
- Belt pulley/rotor
- Shims in the back/center pocket of the front clutch plate
- Front plate onto the shaft then install and tighten the center bolt
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My A/C went warm yesterday while driving down the freeway, and upon inspection at home, when I turn on the a/c, the outer ring of the clutch engages, but the inner ring does not. If I recall correctly, when engaged, everything should spin. I'm hoping it is just the clutch, so I'm going to just replace that.
Any advice, special tools, tricks to getting this done?
In all my searches, most of y'all just breeze over this process or just mention that you replaced your clutch. Is it that easy?
My compressor was kind of noisy, and I suspect the bearings were going out as the clutch...
Ope that would explain where it went. Just went out to the garage, slammed the old one on the floor and the shim manifested.
