Hello, quick question. I’m running without power steering (long story) and was wondering what my options are as far as retaining AC. I know there are a lot of threads regarding this but what I’ve found was either loop the PS unit or remove both the AC and PS. Which id rather not do either. So my questions are, do they either make an idler pulley to take place of the PS pump? Or I could just cut off the PS portion of the PS/AC bracket and keep the AC but is there a belt size for that? Or so they make a bracket that gets rid of the PS and leaves a place just for the AC? Any help would be appreciated!

 

there are a couple ways to do it.....

you can remove the pump and run a belt over the idler pulley so the rib portion will ride on the smooth part

or

you can remove the lines, gut the pump and remove the reservoir so it acts a huge idler pulley

the way the ac/ps bracket is designed, you cant really cut the ps portion of it off without losing the idler pulley. option 1 does work. you may or may not get a small belt squeal from time to time though.

 

Do you mean just removing the pump in general and just leaving the spot empty? Referring to your first option you stated

 

Yes

 

Ok cool, that’s most likely what I’ll end up doing. Any idea on a belt for it then? Or just measure it out and see what I can get

 

Guess and check. We've only done it once and don't remember what belt we got for it. Just a heads up, the tension will be tight and you'll want to make sure the pulley has the lip facing out so the belt doesn't slip off

 

ahh good call, I for sure would have installed it the normal way lol I appreciate the help!

 

use a cloth measuring tape such as tailors use to get to a good first guess. i haven't had to do this on serpentine belts, but going around the outer edge of V-belts it is pretty close.