Ford Focus: A/C Compressor Clutch
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 มี.ค. 2019
- In this video I am working on a 2012 ford Focus with under 30k miles on it and it has a failed A/C compressor clutch bearing. The entire kit is available from Ford for a reasonable price. Let's see how it fits! -Enjoy!
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Your epic snap-ring fight was reassuring for those of us who also have them. (Mine usually ping into unknown locations as a finale.)
When they ping and go flying it becomes a game of "shhh, listen close" it is the only chance of guessing where it went....
@@SouthMainAuto Isn't that normally right about the time that the compressor kicks in?
I was waiting for Eric to get out the cutting torch
My friend calls E-clips "Jesus clips", because you try to remove them carefully, and PING, followed by "Oh, Jesus, where did that go?"
@@DaddyBeanDaddyBean I think that's a universal term for them
The only time I'm in favor of a stretchy fit belt is the day after Thanksgiving. Great video as usual. Keep up the good work!
Same here. Lol.
Hey !
How you know that is the cluth that u need to change and not all thw compressor?
I love the fact that you fix what is broken, instead of just throwing parts at things. You, Sir, are a true Mechanic, instead of a parts replacer. A man after my own heart. Good Job!
I always love what the automatic closed caption does to the opening of your videos. Today it was "welcome to the cellphone Allah"
He's fixing a "Daisy compressor" today
I saw that! 😁
I’m convinced that snap rings are pure evil now. I knew that I couldn’t be the only one having trouble with them.
These are easy. The snap rings inside a Ford C-6 transmission don't even have eyes on them, only a bevel, and the output shaft one is WAY deep down in a narrow hole.
AKA Wireguy don’t forget about the easy ones that are rusted on!
You Sir are up there with the best of the automotive techs. Many thanks for showing us your work!
Great job. I really enjoy learning the different things that you do.
You sir are a good and honest mechanic we need more like you because it's getting hard to find good and honest mechanic.
I learn an awful lot from these videos. Amazed to see just how much rust that 2012 Focus has accumulated, over a relatively short period of time!
Thanks for showing me how to do this. I always want to drive the six hours to shake your hand for all you have helped me to fix with your teaching. Keep em coming!
I have lead a sheltered life - first time I have heard of "stretchy belts" for automotive use. Thank you for the education, Eric O!
Just did this today on my own thanks to your video! Sent you some money on PayPal too since I can't imagine a shop would have charged. Took me about 5 hours start to finish, mostly because I am incredibly disorganized and a complete amateur. I did get stuck at the point when I was removing the 8mm screw that holds it all together. I couldn't get it to spin independently of the clutch. My drill wasn't powerful enough to turn it when the clutch engaged, and I couldn't get the clutch to engage without the rotational speed of the drill. The trick I finally used was to wedge my belt replacement tool between the bottom of the clutch and the steel protector plate, with the old belt providing some extra thickness and friction. That was enough to get the clutch to hold still while I ratcheted the 8mm screw out by hand. Thanks so much for the video!
You know how long I've been waiting for someone to do a video on the AC Bell thanks to you showing now I can do my own I hope you have a nice 2023 and more work coming your way
Great video, learning every episode.
Thanks for sharing and best regards from the UK.
This was actually a great video, thanks for all the content
Good to know, never saw the stretchy belt removal, thanks Eric
Thank you for sharing your workshop experience. I always enjoy watching your videos.
Much respect for you rust belt guys, a vehicle up there ages so much faster than here in Tennessee. You guys are always fighting the rust battle.
Wonder if there is a way to convert the bad rust (red rust) to good rust (black rust). Black rust doesn't flake off, rather it acts like a barrier to further rusting.
@@CSX4772 Yes the product is called Extend or Naval Jelly by Permatex. Once you get the loose rust off you apply it and let it cure 24 hrs it will be black and ready to prime and paint. I use it when restoring old motorcycle tanks before painting.
Phenomenal job with the camera angle. Was able to see the snap rings and the tapered edges
Another good one Eric. Keep em coming! You and DiagnoseDan are the best on youtube.
Hate those stretchy belts too! Nice job thanks for sharing!
Good job! I’m doing my 2003 Focus. This was very well done!! Thanks!
Hard to believe that bearing lasted less than 25K! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who struggles with snap rings. Even a pro like Eric has trouble with them.
Hey Eric, another fine job brother. As for those stretchable belts, their crap! Just another step "backward" for mankind! You got one of the most realistic, educational, and entertaining channels out there. Love watchin it!
Always fun to watch fun and entertaining videos and I always learn something.
This brings back memories. When I started my automotive career my place if employment was at a Chevy dealer. I had been there about a year and a Ford mustang came in with A/C inop. I diagnosed it as a bad compressor clutch. Job was approved and I started working on it. Everything went well and I fired it up. That son of a gun was blowing cold. Very cold. I think it got down somewhere in the 20s. Then it started smoking and the new clutch was toast. I had know idea about the shim or checking the air gap. Being a dealer tech I've replaced several compressors bun no clutch kits. Lesson learned and I'll never forget about them again. Luckily I didn't get in any trouble but did catch hell from my fellow techs for quite some time.
Another banger as always 👍 keep up the great work 🍻
I watch your videos,new and old, everyday to that maybe through video-mosis I can learn to be as relaxed as you seem to be.
I am glad to see others have been playing the hide-n-seek game with snap rings. When they get away from me, they usually hide on a shelf or inside a five gallon bucket.
There is something about watching these videos that are hypnotizing. They are that good and you learn a lot. I am wondering if a person could have just changed the bearing in this and saved some money.
21:09 you said groove and you live in new York. Reminded me of the old ace frehely song. "New York groove" thanks eric O. Now I will have that song stuck in my head the rest of the day.
Woke up last night at 8:30pm waiting for our Wednesday Night What's Up but no one showed up. This video made up for it though ! My wife drives a 19 escape.
I am actually attempting this tomorrow. My 2012 focus keeps blowing the fuse for the compressor clutch. It will work for a few days than blow. Every shop near me told me that they would only replace the entire compressor so I decided to do it myself. Thanks for the great video.
Part of my work involves Photocopier servicing - the paper feed drive uses smaller versions of these same clutches .. we normally gap them with photocopy paper ! ... it's always close to hand !
My father in law and I worked on the A/C system in my Honda. Fortunately, it wasn't the compressor clutch. Rather, it was the thermostat sensor. For now, it's jumped. But, to get to that solution took a lot of diagnostic tests. From continuity, to checking the cooling fans, and finally the thermostat. And my father in law is a mechanical for the NCDOT. And inspired me to be a mechanic as well!
Hey Eric just wanted to let you know how much we love your videos. Thanks Josh Eastern Upstate NY
Always used screwdriver. Never found a tool that worked for the stretch belts. Impressed the snap-ring didn't go sailing into never-never-land. Hope that new bearing lasts more than 30K. Great video.
Keep up the awesome content man!
I like to keep one of those freebie paint can openers handy for stubborn buried snap rings like that. They give you a lot of dexterity to both pry and hook while your pliers open it up, and you can usually kick a bit of it out of the groove so you don't have to constantly start all over when the pliers let go. :)
rhkips good trick
SMA - always chill.
Dr. O to the rescue! Awesome as usual!
Great diagnosis and fix. Really apppreciate the step by step....
Thank you for this video, and very nice camera work!!
We have a 5 bay shop. When it comes to AC season we need a 15 bay shop. We usually end up stacking them 2 deep. 1 inside and one outside parked behind it. ‘Tis the season!
Stretchie belts and snap rings. Argh!! Handled like a boss. Thanks Dr. O!
Come for the mechanic expertise, stay for the commentary. Another great video, thanks Eric!!
Thank you Eric, good job.
Ah, snap ring pliers. Those pliers that never flipping fit right when they're new.
I used to work at Borg-Warner turbo systems many years ago. We used snap-ring pliers all over the place in that factory. The worst thing was when you had to go get a new pair. Not because a new pair was necessarily hard to get ... but because you'd be spending at least 10-15 minutes at the grinding wheel getting the danged ends ground down to a useable diameter.
Once you got them dialed in, they were fantastic .... until the next time they broke and it was rinse and repeat ....
As much fun as it was building turbo chargers .... I don't miss that job at all. Not one bit.
Great video Eric, thanks!
"Stretchy belt" I thought that was some classic SMA humor. Wow I didn't realize I was a thing thanks for the info!
Thank you. I have a 2013 SE, so I'm sure this is in the works before long.
Last time I was this early ... brake-cleaner didn't give Californians cancer.
What was it back then? Coffee, butter, corn syrup, shaving cream? Pretty well anything we consume has been declared to cause cancer at one time or another.
Ironic, considering Californian-ism causes brain cancer.
@@fascistpedant758 I live in California, and I think living here causes cancer.
@@markquigley7839 It's not living there per say ... it's being around all the liberals. Gives you brain cancer with the quickness.
Mark Quigley likewise
I gotta say I love your vibe, I wish I could like the video twice.
Very informative video and well done filming!
Great job Eric, keep up the good work.
I live in Florida and have a 2013 Focus with 53k on it...man I don't miss the rust belt!...grew up in Michigan. My '13 is SO much cleaner than that car with more than twice as many miles.
I just did this repair yesterday. Easy as can be. I had luck with the Gates stretch belt tool working great for getting belt off and on.
Hi
Do you mind to share the info of where you sourced your parts?
Great video on the breakdown and reinstall
"I'm gonna throw something" was my first thought too when you got into the snap ring brawl.
Morning Eric O 😀 Fantastic a South main auto video whilst I’m on holiday in sunny Spain 🇪🇸😎👍🏻 Stevie 🇬🇧
Great job again like always A+
Thanks for all the videos!
Thank you for not skipping the hard parts.
I admire Eric's ability to keep the air from turning blue. AVE has shown the nervous nellys what to do with themselves (in exquisite detail), and I am anything but lady-like in my comments when things fly off into never-to-be-found land.
I could never do videos.
Excellent camera work
I have only just found this channel via big Clive and I love it.
It amazes me how you find the time to film as well as run a business.
Most of the mechanics in the U.K. that I have had the pleasure of are all miserable so an so’s who hate their job and hate the public but it’s obvious how much you enjoy what you do and that is so refreshing to see.
I've never called a snap ring a snap ring. I've always referred to 'em as goddamnit's! Right pain in the arse!
Thanks for all the videos!
Great job keep up the good work keep the videos coming
Another great video, keep up the good work
Good job again Mr. O.
Great video Eric O
Stretchy belts. I changed the one on a GMC 1500. Just rolled it off like you did. When purchased the new belt(AC Delco) it came with a roll on tool. Work well.
Tu eres una persona bien honesta y un buen mecánico que dios te siga bendiciendo. Saludos desde New Jersey 😬
Yea what he said lol
Eric,
Great fix and video - thank you. Wow only 22000 miles in 7 years! I would imagine that the bearing seal failed allowing the ball bearings to get corroded, etc. BTW my 05 Focus sedan 5-speed with 190K has its original AC compressor/clutch. My 02 Focus wagon 5-speed (rust bucket)with 129K I replaced the compressor, condenser, dryer, orifice tube, etc, (with the help of your videos) at 107K as the compressor was shot.
SMA#1
God bless
Paul
Just bought a '13 Focus last April with 56k miles, now has 67k with NO issues.And yes it has the infamous DCT. When I first test drove it it had slight judder on starts. Dealer replaced the clutch paks BEFORE I signed on the dotted line. Currently there are no problems, love the way the transmission shifts, lightning quick. With proper driving (no creeping in traffic) should last a LONG time. If not, dealer is backing it with a 150kmile power train warranty.
Top video Mr O. 👍
Thanks for sharing that!
Another great video Thanks
The example of a professional not cussing like a sailor is one of the most valuabe things I have learned from SMA. I am not a pro, or even an advanced DIY, but I fix my own vehicles if I can. I used to start cussing when I was pulling the hood release. Now, I can hold out until I break something. That doesn't take long though!
Great video Mr owe
Awesome job
Now I know why I'm paying a mechanic I had no idea so much is involved hope he is up to the job you made it look easy but it's hard thank you so much for your video I can know what I'm paying for kind of scary to see how much can go wrong
Thanks for showing. Ima take it to someone for this👍
I love stretchy fit belts. especially for my ever expanding waistline.
we used to call that bailin twine
The stretch belt tool that comes with an AC Delco belt from the GM dealer for 5.3 ac compressor stretch belt works flawlessly in my experience.
Love this Channel
Nice job Eric!
I watched this video and one on the Honda odyssey. You have my respect....I would pay you to work on my rig, and I haven't paid someone to work on my rig since 1976. good on you.
I can see that I would hate those stretchie belts! My V6 Nissan has one belt with a tensioner.....thankyou.
I've seen those magnets stick to the compressor, had to rip it apart!
Good Job on your part!
Always fun to watch fun and entertaining videos and I always learn something. Snap rings are terrible as well as the stretchy belts.
Well done MR O
I usually use a pick tool when removing snap rings, makes life alot easier 👍
I was so happy when i turned on the A/C in both our cars and it still blows cold. Havnt touched it in 5 months.
I would have shot some WD or something on the belt tool
great Video!
NICE WORK
Excellent Man ✌️
Great video thank you sir.
On the stretchy belts, I deal with them on the GM’s 4.8l and the Mercedes sprinters. They’re not that bad, but I haven’t had much luck using the tool either of that design. If I’m going to change it I just cut it off. The Mercedes actually has a pretty good tool that actually works. I see the benefits of it, it eliminates the need for any tensioners or idler pulleys. So less moving parts less that can go wrong in theory anyway. Later!!!
I agree with cutting it off, but if someone forgot to buy a replacement and wanted to throw the old one back on (bad idea IMO) at least he shows how to remove it.
have used GM tool provided with their belt kits works pretty well, zip tie is a good go to. I agree the stretch belt is a bad dea
Clutch rebuild kits for ac compressors are fun shimming them isn't to bad either
Good deal, Thanks E!
zip ties for the install of a stretchy belt works great
Belts, snap rings, shims, washers, locktite, and tools to make the job easier ????? Can't get enough of them, eh Eric !!!!!!!