AC Clutch Failure - How to fix! (blinking light, squealing)

That makes sense why they had a pic of mahle and Delphi, send a Delphi, and RockAuto lists those plus more

 

They're not an exact match but it's looking pretty promising at a glance. The pulley has a thicker section on the clutch side but when I have more time I will either do some measuring; or just throw the thing on and see how it lines up.

 

Sad to report that my gift to you guys this holiday season is taking one for the team - this does NOT work.

It bolts up and looks fine, until you look from the side and the gap is probably 4mm+ even without any shims - I believe spec is .3-.6mm based on another post I saw here. I "resurfaced" my original with some 400 grit on some tooling plate and reinstalled. I'll try to sell it in the 3G section but if I don't get any takers I may say screw it and have one of the guys where I work try to massage/MacGyver the front plate to see if I can salvage it..

EDIT: You can see in the pulley comparison photo that there's some extra "meat" on the old one - this is probably the culprit.

 

Thank you to the OP!! Had the exact same symptoms August 2021 - took it to the mechanic who charged me well north of $1500 for entire replacement of clutch assembly, compressor, refrigerant - everything. Fast forward to today - same symptoms again. Found this thread, ordered clutch assembly on Amazon (hub, magnet and pulley). Removed the clutch hub and a bunch of melted rubber pellets fell out, the things was essentially in two pieces. Saved the three shims that were in there. Put on the new clutch hub and voila - I have AC and defrost again - all in about 10 minutes. Just glad I didn't have to remove or re-install the snap rings. Feeling a bit disgruntled about the mechanic from 4 years ago, but they no longer will get my business

 

Ok, so I tried this myself, ac light started blinking and decided to replace the clutch. It was a pain to disassemble but ok, got it all apart and thought I’d put it back together correctly. Started the truck and for 2 mins or so had it all working again with cold ac.
BUT NOW THE BAD, I was cleaning up my tools while the truck was idling and started smelling a burning smell. When I get in to turn the truck off my blower stopped working completely, no fan at all at any speed. Looking underneath it looks like the magnet part of the clutch has rotated because the wires connected to it are stretched. I took the outer most part of the clutch off amd the middle part has a hole burnt through the friction material.

So how did I fuck this up so badly and what do I do now? Did a fuse blow something? Oh, and my abs light and check engine light are now both on as well but since the belt is off I can’t turn the truck on to see the engine codes.