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Hi all,

My AC compressor bearing pulley is shot and making noise. I am thinking of changing the pulley, does anyone has the size of the bearing? I won’t find out until I take the existing bearing off. But wanted to get the part ready first before stripping. Thanks.

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No guarantee that yours is the same, but the replacement pulley I bought for my 1997 3.4 petrol model last year came with a NASHI 30BGS10DST 30x52x22mm double row rubber-sealed ball bearing.

You need a good quality pair of angled circlip pliers and a mirror to get the pulley off if you're doing it in situ - much swearing involved when I did it! The bearing is staked in so you need to grind them off and use some bearing glue on refitting. Also worth noting that the first circlio you remove is bevelled and only goes back on one way - I found out the hard way. Good luck. I bought the whole OEM pulley from Amayama and it cost £160 'ish. I've since replaced just the bearing on my sister's Suzuki Swift for £25 from a local bearing shop and would not hesitate to go that route again and save the cash.

I have pictures, but seems difficult to post them now since Photobucket started charging - anybody know the best way to do it now?
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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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Bah, typos. NACHI for the manufacturer and circlip not circlio of course. Just looked at the original bearing and it is the same make and number although it has a 2 on the end (think it just means two rubber seals, which they both have)
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This picture may be massive! Experimenting with a picture host.

Sorry for the confusion, if you de-stake the old bearing and press a new one in unless you can bash some new stakes in with a hammer you will be relying on friction alone to hold the bearing in. This may well be sufficient but I decided to use a sort of "Loctite" for bearings recommended by the bearing shop.


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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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Hooefully a not too large image of the back of the pulley


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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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On a roll now!

New pulley on the car. Note that the circlip (snap ring for our American viewers) is on backwards here and has not seated properly in its groove.


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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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OK, last one. The circlip. I used the old one in the end as it was fine and seemed better made than the replacement


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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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One final thought for the night. It might be worth checking the idler pulley bearing which is also on the A/C belt loop unless you've definitely identified the compressor pulley bearing as the noisy one.
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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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Oh yes, V-belt - I thought they went out with the Ark! Probably best to whip it off and read the numbers. Don't believe anything you find on the internet; I found three references for the Suzuki bearing and the guy in the bearing shop said it was unusual and would have to be ordered overnight; he pulled one off the shelf next to the counter and said they usually sell lots of these for A/C pulleys. Of course, the one I ordered was wrong and the one he sold lots of was exactly right.

Yours may be easier to get at too as well, mine was buried right at the bottom of the engine bay.
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1997 Toyota Land Cruiser Colorado 3.4VX

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