That's a great video and the sound the bearing was making is nearly identical to what mine was doing. Unfortunately, the bearing on mine whether A/C on or off was starting to cause some binding and causing undo strain onto the engine. So I think getting a new compressor was a better choice for me.

Since I still need to drive the car daily, I also had to cut off the A/C belt just in case the internals of the compressor were starting to go. Didn't want it to grenade into the lines and cause any more damage.

Hopefully, I'll be attacking the install this weekend or next.

Would like some opinions though. Since I'll be loading the r135a from scratch, what would people recommend? Should I get a can that also has stop leak in it too or just pure r135a? Any recommendations on brand and/or "pure synthetic"?

Thanks again for that video!

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