Home made tight clearance AC bracket / tensioner
09-08-2009, 08:53 AM
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Home made tight clearance AC bracket / tensioner I have very, very little room for the AC compressor so any off the shelf system wouldn't work.
The main bracket uses the lower (2) holes, everything is 1/2" stock. The compressor sits less than an inch from the bolt bosses.
The upper bracket's job is primarily to keep it from rotating. It's made of 1/4" round stock and is triangulated. It bolts to the upper mounts but I cut off the cast iron goiter that was between the bolt holes.
The tensioner is adjusted by turning the threaded rod that moves the tensioner up / down. Then you tighten the pulley bolt which sandwiches the flat parallel plates to lock it all in place.
And here's the chassis as it comes together.
The main bracket uses the lower (2) holes, everything is 1/2" stock. The compressor sits less than an inch from the bolt bosses.
The upper bracket's job is primarily to keep it from rotating. It's made of 1/4" round stock and is triangulated. It bolts to the upper mounts but I cut off the cast iron goiter that was between the bolt holes.
The tensioner is adjusted by turning the threaded rod that moves the tensioner up / down. Then you tighten the pulley bolt which sandwiches the flat parallel plates to lock it all in place.
And here's the chassis as it comes together.
09-09-2009, 01:47 PM
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nice work, Vintage Air makes a bracket for that also, about a hundred bucks but doesn't have a tensioner. Think they spec it out as the frame has to be 13.25 from crank center.
