Bypass ac compressor with shorter serpentine belt 2001-02 Mercury Sable LS

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That is not the way to fix it. You remove the AC Pump and install a bypass pulley. It keeps the same belt, route and tension.

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Can I bypass the AC compressor pulley with a shorter belt?

Yes, this is possible. However, unless it was the AC compressor clutch and pulley which failed, bypassing the AC pulley is unnecessary. Simply disconnect the wire to the AC compressor clutch and that should do the trick.
Oct 9, 2016

disconnect power to compressor and see if clutch releases and do search using engine for bypass pulley

the ac is an idler pulley in the system so leaving it out will require a total change of how the belt is fitted and not just needing a shorter belt
remember that the ac pulley bearing can be replaced if faulty and if the ac compressor has failed disconnect the ac clutch wire and there is no need to worry about belts

On most applications, no.
Herein lies the problem.
If you bypass the A/C compressor, you will find the belt too long for the application, and it cannot be shortened.
Whenever the car-maker builds the car, they will order the exact belt for the length the belt must be, with only a tiny fraction of an inch to spare.
That means no part can be added or subtracted for that belt to fit.
I have had several occasions to need a shorter belt to bypass the A/C compressor, and have found a way to do so, that would be to take a string or a thin tape measure and find the length that will work just with the remaining pulleys.
You may very well find that will not work either, because the engine pulleys or engine parts may get in the way of a shorter belt!
Too see what I mean, take the serpentine belt off, and try a string around the remaining pulleys, remembering to have the string exactly where it must go.
Also, most parts stores will not want to give you belts to "play with" to try to find the right one.
However, some stores will sell you a belt by size, not application.
God bless your efforts.

They sell a by - pass pully .take A/C compressor off all together , uses same belt that's on .
https://www.1aauto.com/chevy-impala-ac-compressor-bypass-pulley/mo-c/23-80

Generally yes but a bypass belts is usually only a few bucks cheaper than replacing the compressor with a used one.

maybe get shorter serpentine belt ?

I had to do the same thing on my Toyota Avalon. I used a flexible cloth measuring tape to measure around the pulleys (minus the A/C, of course). I had to cut the pulley off the Avalon A/C compressor because of interference issues. You may or may not have to do the same.

Just replace the compressor clutch,that is the proper
way to make the repair

Go to a repair shop

We do not have all the info your asking about
We don't do bypassing & cheap,fix it right

Talk to your automotive supply. My understanding is that a Non-AC belt will run right thru the area where the AC pulley is. You can get a bypass pulley that will allow you to avoid the AC and it's pulley and a specific belt for that setup.