air con compressor pully removal

[harryup]

I am trying to remove the pulley on a air con compressor I was under the impression that if I removed the center bolt the center section would come out exposing a circlip which you then remove before removing the pulley, but can`t get the center part to move. Any suggestions?

[vitesseefi]

At what point are you trying to separate it?

I take it you seen this (or one of the many similar ones)

[harryup]

Yes seen that ,It gives the impression that the center falls out after you have removed the screw Mine must be rusted on the splines I was hoping to strip it down to find out why its not working

[madmog]

Give the outer part a few taps with a hammer on the side and see if it comes free. I've mixed and matched a few compressors to fit in my project and the outer part always came away easily once the screw was removed. The rest also came easily once the circlip was removed.

[harryup]

Thanks for the reply I had to resort to welding a nut on the center section and using a slide hammerr to shift it !!!