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960 AC clutch went boom

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tjts1
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960 AC clutch went boom

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The AC clutch kicked the bucket yesterday on the way to see family for turkey day. I hit the AC button on our 94 960, it turned on as normal (72f in LA, life is tough) but after a few seconds I heard a loud screeching sound from the engine and the cold air stopped. I turned off the AC button and the noise was reduced but didn't go away completely. As a temporary fix I picked up a shorter belt uses on the NO AC 850 in europe (PN 6k495) at Orly's. Here's whats left of the clutch. I can still turn the compressor by hand but it takes a lot of force. I'm guessing the compressor is failing internally which put too much strain on the clutch and caused it to fail.


NO AC belt routing until I can get another compressor.
http://www.ipdusa.com/uploads/images_pr ... e_6592.jpg
Ambitious but rubbish

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