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Old 09-20-2005, 11:37 AM
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the bearings in my AC compressor sound shot. It makes a fairly loud squeeling noise wether the AC is on or not. It'* also time to replace my serpentine belt.

ok, here'* the trick, I don't have the money to dump into this car for a new ac compressor and such simply becuase its just not worth it. I'm willing to eliminate the AC completely from the car. I want to know if there is a new serpentine belt that i can get that would simply leave the AC out of the "loop". BTW, this is a 96 SE

any info or reccomendations would be very much apreciated.
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I know it was possible on series I. Don't know if series II pullies are different, which might cause interference/poor belt wrap on other components by deleting the A/C path.

If no one else has a part number/size, take a string and wrap it tight around all pulleys along the normal path, except A/C............measure the string in inches and go to your favorite parts place and get a seprentine belt as close to the string measurement as possible.
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I know it was possible on series I. Don't know if series II pullies are different, which might cause interference/poor belt wrap on other components by deleting the A/C path.

If no one else has a part number/size, take a string and wrap it tight around all pulleys along the normal path, except A/C............measure the string in inches and go to your favorite parts place and get a seprentine belt as close to the string measurement as possible.
You can folllow the above, but do so for all pulleys including a/c, measure old belt to get the tensioner difference. W/o a belt the tensioner will take more room. You need to subtract that tensioner difference or something along those likes from the new belt you want to purchase.
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