Looking in the shop manual, it seems like I have to take off the pulleys with an 'SST'. Is there any way I can do so without it?

 

impact wrench works

 

Yes the ps pulley will come off of some with prying ,some need a puller ,Garfinkle uses a 3 jaw puller ,carefull not to break the pulley .The ac clutch does not need to come off for unit remove

 

I'll just wait 'till tomorrow then I guess... I don't want to damage the belt. I want to take it off temporarily to see how I like the feel, then if I do get the CW bypass belt so I can still run A/C. Indiana has some hot summers and I'm not quite hardcore enough to give up the A/C all of the time.