A/C compressor bracket

[Hisham Amaral]

Hello All

I would like to update ever one on the A/C compressor bracket. After removing
the complete assembly off the engine, I found the bushing was cut .030" under
sized to the brackets. and the hole for the bolt was .030" oversized. I measured
the bracket hole dia. and found that all are the same size and are not egg
shaped.
I had a machinist cut a new bushing of 4130 steel, .004" smaller than dia. of
the bracket holes. He drilled a new hole for the bolt, .004" larger than the
1/2" bolt. I visited our friendly Fastenal store and bought 2- 1/2" id by 1 3/4"
od washers 3/16" thick. I reassembled the system and installed the belts and
tensioned them. Next I tightened the bushing bolt as tight as specified by the
SAE torque manual. To my surprise the belts alignment was perfect.
Hopefully this info will help others on this site with the same issue.


Hisham and Sue Amaral
97 Wanderlodge 43'
W. Bloomfield MI.
dukeflyer@...

[Ernie Ekberg]

Hisham- thank you for the update. Ernie Ekberg 83PT40 Wanderlodge Weatherford, Tx 817-475-3991 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/erni...gandrepair --- On Thu, 7/16/09, Hisham Amaral wrote: From: Hisham Amaral Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] A/C compressor bracket To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, July 16, 2009, 6:18 PM Hello All I would like to update ever one on the A/C compressor bracket. After removing the complete assembly off the engine, I found the bushing was cut .030" under sized to the brackets. and the hole for the bolt was .030" oversized. I measured the bracket hole dia. and found that all are the same size and are not egg shaped. I had a machinist cut a new bushing of 4130 steel, .004" smaller than dia. of the bracket holes. He drilled a new hole for the bolt, .004" larger than the 1/2" bolt. I visited our friendly Fastenal store and bought 2- 1/2" id by 1 3/4" od washers 3/16" thick. I reassembled the system and installed the belts and tensioned them. Next I tightened the bushing bolt as tight as specified by the SAE torque manual. To my surprise the belts alignment was perfect. Hopefully this info will help others on this site with the same issue. Hisham and Sue Amaral 97 Wanderlodge 43' W. Bloomfield MI. dukeflyer@sbcglobal .net