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    12/19/2015 4:18 PM  #1

    jollem
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    From: New Zealand
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    19966 York Ac air gap

    Any one have a good link to show setting the air gap on these compressors?
    Thanks in advance merry xmas, Mike

     

    12/19/2015 8:56 PM  #2

    MS
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    From: Canyon Lake, Texas
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    Re: 19966 York Ac air gap

    Assume you meant the ac clutch air gap when not engaged?  From a very old memory input from many years ago, I SEEM TO RECALL it was just under 0.020".  Every time I try to remember some obscure fact like that, someone will come along with credible data showing the correct dimension.  But, if I don't stick my neck out there, they won't do it.  So, now someone can go look it up!

    Of course, your car is 18,000 years newer than my 66, so ...  Did you mean 1966 or 1996?

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    12/20/2015 9:16 AM  #3

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    From: Lockhart & New Braunfels, Tx
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    Re: 19966 York Ac air gap

    I used to use a large paper clip, about .060", or about 1/16".  If it was set too much closer, it could drag and overheat the clutch plate.  When set to tight specs, the plate will eventually heat distort from engaging at speed and will rub on the hub.  The disk will eventually warp some either way, by using a larger gap, the additional clearance would allow some air circulation.
    For what its worth, this is the same principal used when setting up clutch pack clearance in auto transmissions.

     

     

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