A/C compressor bracket m50 swap

[maneeno325e]

im hoping to run air conditioning on my m50 swapped eta. the bracket that holds the compressor onto the block has six bolts, two of which are behind the crank pulley.

i know the proper way to set this up is to use all six bolts and remove the crank pulley. my question is is it safe to only use the four easily accessible ones?

the four bolts pin the bracket to the block and prevent side to side movement where as the last two prevent forward and rearward movement. the bracket seems pretty damn snug but i figured id see what r3v says.

[jrdeamicis]

I ran mine with 4 for a long time. You don't have to remove the crank flange, just the harmonic balancer.

Just remove the belts, and the 6 bolts on the flange and its off.

[dude8383]

I ran mine with 4 for a long time. You don't have to remove the crank flange, just the harmonic balancer.

Just remove the belts, and the 6 bolts on the flange and its off.

Bam, the harmonic balancer can be removed separately. I would run with 6 bolts.

[maneeno325e]

dont you need some type of puller to pull the balancer off?

[emmanuel.dlc]

no, just remove the 6 bolts and it should be easy to pull with bare hands

[maneeno325e]

i did one at the junkyard and that bitch was frozen on there. maybe it was just due to rust and what not. ill give it a go and report back, thanks guys!

[dude8383]

i did one at the junkyard and that bitch was frozen on there. maybe it was just due to rust and what not. ill give it a go and report back, thanks guys!

Spray liberal amounts of PB in there. Use a rubber mallet or a dead blow to persuade it off.

[maneeno325e]

thanks for the tip! will report back, hopefully with success, whenever i get a chance to tackle this.