RV2 AC compressor Rebuild help
I had to take it to my machine shop so they could stick a cutter on the mill and carefully get it out.
Now at home I went to test the bearing to see how much clearance it has on the NOS crankshaft and guess what? It will not go on.
It is a NOS 1984-152. I have two of them and they are the same. The wall difference between the NOS bushings and the one that came out is about 0.010. That is why they will not fit on.
The problem is that one cannot ream the bushings in place due to the "nipple" stick up in the center once the bushing is pressed in.
The other issue is the that 0.010 is before the bushing is pressed in which will of course provide less clearance.
So, my question to those who have rebuilt the compressor blocks is; did you have an issue here? if you did, what did you do to address it?
At this point the only thing I can think of is to drill a hole in a block of wood to very lightly hold the bushing and hone it open to fit the crankshaft (I checked the old one and the NOS one and they are the same diameter wise on that journal.
The other question then is how much crush will I have to suspect and account for once the bushing is in place.
Are we having fun yet! James