2001 Honda Odyssey A C Compressor

2000 S70 - Question about A/C compressor shim fix

I believed that I need to take the shim out or use the bread-clip when the compressor disengages, but then I knocked the compressor using the wheel lock, after one knock, the compressor was engaged. Then the compressor works over 30 minutes without shutting down. I'll report back low long this will hold. I knocked the clutches toward the driver side - I guess that made the gap correct. The bread clip fix worked great on my 00 V70 for the last three years but the symptoms recently returned. The gap measured .3mm after the initial fix and was now at .5mm. I removed the old clips and measured the gap at about .9mm and decided to use some sheet metal I had from Home Depot (approximately .6mm thick) to bring the gap back to near the optimum .3mm width. 2. Measure the clutch gap. If you are having the classic symptoms it will likely be .5mm or greater. Classic symptoms are that the AC works great for a few minutes and then blows hot air until you turn it off or turn the engine off for a while. The same thing happens each time you start the car. It may begin as an intermittent problem but gradually gets worse until finally the AC won't come on at all. 5. Use a screw driver or other similar implement to place in the space labeled "A" to pry the plate away from the rubber spacer and hub so that you can slide the shim in. You will need three shims. After placing a shim you can just twirl the plate around with your hand to the next spring/spacer. Placing the third shim may be more difficult than the first two because you have removed a lot of the play in the clutch but it is quite doable. 6. Some people put a dab of super glue under the shim. On the post 99 compressor, my opinion is that this is not necessary. On this compressor if you create a large enough shim, the spring will serve to prevent the shim from sliding out from under the rubber spacer. If I recall the pre-99 compressor correctly, it does not provide anything to "hold" the shim like this so super glue may be beneficial in that application. Hey the reshimming the clutch worked on my 2002 S60! My dad used C@lvin's instructions and it worked! He used some hard plastic (similar to the bread clips) and it worked. Firestone said it was a bad condenser but we tried this ($1100 to replace the condenser and drier). He said it was easy to do.

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