Bypass a/c compressor with shorter belt on 95 silverado

SOURCE: bypassing air compressor in a chevy 95 g20 van

Well if you're trying to bypass the air conditioning compressor, your original serpentine belt will obviously not work as it will be too long. Installing another pulley would really be more work that it's worth and likely cost a fair amount since you'd have to have a custom bracket made, or a mount to fit in place of the compressor. Your best bet would be to have your local parts supply look up the belt for the same make, model, year and engine specs as your vehicle but without Air Conditioning. The g20 uses all the same mounting locations for other belt driven accessories regardless of the presence of an AC compressor. Therefore, the belt should fit just fine. Also, you should spot on the belt routing diagram under the hood that it shows the optional routing for a belt without AC. (It does on mine anyway) Good luck and let me know how it goes.

SOURCE: a/c mount broke

You can buy an A/C bypass pulley from an O'reilly auto or anyone that supplies Dorman parts. the pulleys are cheap and allow you to mount things and use the stock serp belt. You will have no AC ,though. The kit is designed with the intent of eliminaing the compressor, which is very expensive to replace.

SOURCE: A/C compressor bypass for winter

try buying a belt for lumina without air,and follow instructions under hood for install with no A/C...i have bypassed many cars this way...very few need to have a seperate idler pulley mounted in place of compressor....hope this helps...Lee...

SOURCE: 1997 chevy blazer

Just in case:
If the a/c compressor pulley still spins...
The pulley is idling anyway and not consuming measureable power. Disconnect the clutch wire at the compressor.
It wil spin freely like an idle pulley.

This may save you a few bucks....