[Vwdiesel] AC Brackets
Roger Brown
r.c.brown at ieee.org
Thu Aug 21 11:57:40 EDT 2003
Ethan Vos wrote:
>
> I just got off the phone with the dealer and the bracket is correct.
>
> Has anyone ever run into this?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> After struggling with my ac and alternator belts for the last few weeks
> I decided to take the whole mess apart and finally fix it.
>
> The ac bracket was not bolted in at the bottom. Once it did this, the
> slotted holes wouldn't line up with the ac compressor.
>
> The bracket is brand new, installed by the place I bought the car. Are
> there more than one different brackets?
My old '81 (w/ factory air) had some wierd A/C brackets. Looked like they kludged something together at the factory, had very
small bolts that went into oversized holes. The bolt clamping force wasn't enough to hold the bracket still and it would move
around and ultimately shear off the bolts, then the whole bracket was loose, belts would slip, etc. I too tore it all apart and
then fixed it by drillout out the small bolt holes and using larger size hardware to get it all together. Worked fine after
that.
http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/Diesel/CheapTricks/index.shtml#ACbracket
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Roger
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