A/C issue

[luvsspeed]

Take the 6 Allen bolts out of the back of the compressor, pull off the black plate on drive part of the compressor, and look if the center portion inside has split from the part that spins. I recently had an AC compressor failure shortly before an event that went bad on multiple levels. The compressor siezed and the part that spins inside broke off because the engine has to keep turning. The driveshaft for the AC compressor was stuck in the plate so badly that I rounded the 19mm part of the plate trying to loosen it. Ended up getting a new OEM AC compressor (not a Nissens one) and I also had to replace the little driveshaft too in addition to the drier and orifice tube.

I honestly thought about doing that. Idk why I didnt. II physically dont see an issue when I do that, do you think it would be safe to reuse?

[JimmyBones]

Take the 6 Allen bolts out of the back of the compressor, pull off the black plate on drive part of the compressor, and look if the center portion inside has split from the part that spins. I recently had an AC compressor failure shortly before an event that went bad on multiple levels. The compressor siezed and the part that spins inside broke off because the engine has to keep turning. The driveshaft for the AC compressor was stuck in the plate so badly that I rounded the 19mm part of the plate trying to loosen it. Ended up getting a new OEM AC compressor (not a Nissens one) and I also had to replace the little driveshaft too in addition to the drier and orifice tube.

I honestly thought about doing that. Idk why I didnt. II physically dont see an issue when I do that, do you think it would be safe to reuse?

It is worth a shot to look. If it is ok then try it and see if the compressor works. Worst case then you get to do it again and everything will be loosened already.

I have seen the shafts round but it is strange.

[luvsspeed]

I opened everything up and did not find anything broken. I put the compressor back together and turned it by hand, you could still hear it had compression. I just reinstalled it back with a the new shaft. If it doesn’t work I had already bought a new compressor. If it works I’ll send it back. The bad part is I forgot I bought the last compressor from fcp and this one I just got from ecs because it was cheaper. I hope I don’t take a beating trying to return it and the condenser.

[luvsspeed]

Well to update the compressor was still good. Vacuumed and charged the system up and all is good to go. I thought it might not have been good since it took me forever to get to pull the 1st can. I did overfill it by mistake. The system was supposed to take a can and a half 500g, but it pulled the 2nd can so quick I didn’t have a chance to stop it. Should I be worried about the slight overfill? Now I can have fun returning the parts a did not need.

[luvsspeed]

Anyone?