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a/c clutch?

07-23-2002, 02:11 PM

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3dracer

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a/c clutch?

I think the clutch on my a/c went south. I have been hearing a noise only when I shut it down once in a while. It sounded like a spring was violently vibrating. Well, today the day that I need my truck the most, when I was driving down the road, a heard it really loud. I turned OFF my a/c and it quit. Turned it back ON and, nothing. Turned it OFF and it now does it every time I turn it OFF. I looked under the truck while it was running and the plate on front of the a/c unit is turning weird, while screaming at me. It doesn't sound like the clutch, it sounds metallic. Like something is turning when it isn't supposed to be. I shut the truck down and the plate kept spinning and then stopped with the noise. I tried to grab ahold of it but it would not budge. Any ideas? THANK YOU

B.J. Deal

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