Your washer is holding the outer clutch plate in. The proper pulley bold fits down the threaded shaft (it has no threads) . The outer clutch plate starts just outside the threaded 6mm hole. You are holding it down and bending the outer clutch plate. Remove your waher and put a pin/nail/smaller bolt...

So the center bolt is out and you substituted a longer 6mm bolt as the point the puller uses to push against? I did this about two weeks ago on the same year model car and the plate came off with no puller. Thanks Jimmy yes. longer 6mm bolt in the center and the washer I added covered the hole of t...

I have read so many posts about this ac clutch issue and so many people suggest doing it right and remove the shim instead of the bread clip/zip tie option. I used the harmonic balancer rental from a post a while back instead of making a steel square and I cannot get the clutch to break free of the ...