Can you bypass the AC compressor on a 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse If So What size of belt would you have to use?

Answer 1

I FIGURED IT OUT!!!...and its only a $20 fix...i recently found out that my ac compressor for my 01 eclipse was seizing up and the pulley was dragging on the belt and burning the rubber...so i stopped by auto advanced auto parts to find out how much a new compressor was and after everything was said and done it would have been close to $1000...so i figured that i cud just get a smaller belt size to avoid the pulley...so after hours and hours of trail and error, i figured out the pattern and belt size...what u do is stop by advanced auto parts and buy a 40 1/2 inch 6 grooved belt...and before u put the belt on make sure u unbolt and take of the idler pulley itself...then throw the 40 1/2 onto the crankshaft and alternator(cuz the whole purpose of this belt is to use the crakshaft pulley to move the pulley on the alternator moving so u don't drain the battery on the car for electricity)...so then after u put the belt on make sure both lines of the belt are OVER the position where the idler pulley was..hold the belt up and then put the idler pulley back in place...(ur gonna have to put some muscle into that)...so once u put the idler pulley back on making sure that the belt is above it...push up and tighten the tension on the belt...(there will be about a 1 to 1 1/2 inch gap between the the belt touching above the idler pulley which is fine)...so once everything is done the shape of the belt will look like your looking at a dick with a nutscack from a sideview)...so basically ur gonna have the belt on the crankshaft and the alternator with the idler pulley pushing up from underneath the belt...btw there will be a bolt by the alternator that will "be in the way" by literally the thickness of a hair...but its really nothing to worry about....and that's its...jut go to advanced auto parts get a 6 grooved 40 1/2 inch belt.(part# is 5060405)....and its only a 20 minute job