Aircon Clutch Problem

[cainmurpgy]

Hello i hope someone can help. I had my ac recharged to tthen be told i need a new compressor. After i got car home i had a little fiddle and have realised the clutch engages when tapped. But wont engage on its own. So i turnes car off alrayed with wd40 the turned car back on with ac still not engaging ao tapped again ledt car runnong woth ac on 10 minutes. Then turned off and left. Woke up this mornomg turned car on ac workong fime and clurch engages. Go for a drive and when i get back turn car off tirn back on clutch not engaging again. Any easy fix for this rather than buying a new pump.

[iantt]

belt off, unbolt pump, centre bolt off drive plate off, shims, circlip, 2 leg puller to pull clutch feild coil off.

[cainmurpgy]

Hello anuwau of doing wothout taking off as just had ot recharged :(

[iantt]

when i say unbolt , thats with pipes still on, dropping it down with a support under so not to put too much strain on pipes, this enables access to clutch off

[cainmurpgy]

So i just need to take apart and put back together

[iantt]

yeh, sort of, when refitting make sure you refit the shims , shims are for creating a gap between drive plate and pulley, if new parts fitted the air gap needs checking and either adding or taking away shims to get right gap. normally though just refitting the original shims is ok.

its all quite logical when removing what goes where.

[cainmurpgy]

Ah great thanks for all your help!:)