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Tools Required

    • J 8433-1 Puller Bar
    • J 8433-3 Forcing Screw
    • J 33024 Clutch Coil Installer
    • J 34992 Compressor Holding Fixture

    Object Number: 237124  Size: SH
  1. Place the clutch coil assembly on the front head with the terminals positioned at the marked location.
  2. Place J 33024 over the internal opening of the clutch coil housing.
  3. Align J 33024 with the compressor front head.
  4. Center J 8433-1 on the countersunk center hole of J 33024 .
  5. Install the through bolts and the washers of J 34992 through the slots in J 8433-1 .
  6. Thread the through bolts into J 33025 in order to achieve full fixture thickness.
  7. Important: Ensure that the clutch coil and J 33024 stay in-line during the installation.

  8. Turn J 8433-3 in order to force the clutch coil onto the head.

  9. Object Number: 237125  Size: SH
  10. When the coil is seated on the front head, stake the front head using a drift punch with a diameter of 3.175 mm (0.125 in).

  11. Object Number: 6997  Size: SH
  12. Stake the front head at 3 places 120 degrees apart in order to ensure that the clutch coil remains in position.
  13. Ensure that the stake size is only one half of the area of the punch tip and only 0.28-0.35 mm (0.010-0.015 in) in depth.

  14. Object Number: 237122  Size: SH
  15. With the compressor mounted to J 34992 , position the rotor and bearing assembly on the front head.
  16. Position J 33017 and J 33023-A directly over the inner race of the bearing.
  17. Position J 8433-1 on J 33023-A .
  18. Assemble the 2 through bolts and the washers of J 34992 through the slots of J 8433-1 .
  19. Thread the 2 through bolts into J 34992 .
  20. Ensure that the thread of the through bolts engages the full thickness of J 34992 .

  21. Tighten J 8433-3 in J 8433-1 in order to force the pulley rotor and bearing assembly onto the front head of the compressor.
  22. If J 33017 slips off of direct, in-line contact with the inner face of the bearing, use the following steps:
  23. 17.1. Loosen J 8433-3 .
    17.2. Realign J 33017 and J 33023-A in order to ensure that the installer clears the front head.

    Object Number: 237119  Size: SH
  24. Install the rotor and bearing assembly retainer ring using J 6083 .
  25. Install the clutch plate and hub assembly. Refer to Compressor Clutch Plate/Hub Assembly Install .
  26. Install the shaft nut.