Jimmy Pop

My Jeep had the idler pulley under the A/C Compressor seize causing it to shell the mounting threads on the engine block, so replacing the pulley would be very difficult. The AC doesn't work anyway, so I would like to just run a shorter belt. The diagram in the engine compartment shows the shorter belt no A/C rerouting. I bought the W/O A/C belt (71 inches) but it is too short, maybe up to 3 or 4 inches short. I can almost get it on if Power steering pump is all the way forward.

Anyone know the length of this belt?

Jimmy Pop

Solved: 72" Dayco 5060720 Belt worked, guess I wasn't as off as I thought. maybe if i loosened the adjuster screw under power steering pump all the way, The Napa Recommended belt PBH 6K710 may have worked, maybe. Everything turns in proper direction because the Belt diagram without A/C removes consecutive 2 pulleys A/C and Idler, thereby changing no other components rotation.

So to all the threads that said it couldn't be done, it can. Personally, I will use a 72" from now on, it is plenty tight and I have plenty of room for adjustment if it loosens up. Maybe something in my jeep has been ghetto'd, maybe someone used a bigger idler or something, who knows.