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Mar 17, 2019 | 01:39 AM

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AC delete question

Is it necessary to run an idler pulley in place of the Ac compressor pulley if you delete it? Grabbed a rad off a friend and it doesn't fit nor does it have condenser brackets like stock...

Mar 17, 2019 | 11:07 AM

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LSJ belt routing, going to need custom work on this setup:

LNF/LE5 belt routing:

My Engine, showing the A/C deleted using a 330K5 belt:

Mar 17, 2019 | 11:48 AM

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Is it necessary to run an idler pulley in place of the Ac compressor pulley if you delete it? Grabbed a rad off a friend and it doesn't fit nor does it have condenser brackets like stock...

You could just not hook up the compressor and unplug the electrical so it doesn't engage the clutch. Keyword clutch, if you don't engage the clutch then the A/C compressor is already idling.

Mar 17, 2019 | 12:30 PM

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Better yet you can take the compressor apart and only run the half with the pulley on it to ditch the weight.

Mar 17, 2019 | 01:27 PM

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I appreciate the replies but there's a reason why I posted this in 08-10 TURBOCHARGED section lol

Mar 17, 2019 | 02:55 PM

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Just get a belt for a Cobalt with no ac like the third picture

Mar 17, 2019 | 05:58 PM

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It's a gain to have fewer pulleys. Small, but the gain is there. Go with the shorter belt.

Mar 17, 2019 | 06:18 PM

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Just get a belt for a Cobalt with no ac like the third picture

Yeah but what am I telling Napa or the dealer when I'm asking for a belt? Lol.

Mar 17, 2019 | 06:21 PM

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He put the part number of the belt above the picture

330K5 belt

Mar 17, 2019 | 06:43 PM

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He put the part number of the belt above the picture

330K5 belt

Where I'm from if you don't have a vin, the parts guys at the dealership are somehow lost. Either that or they're sick of their jobs

Mar 17, 2019 | 08:36 PM

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Or they don't like me lol

Mar 17, 2019 | 08:42 PM

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Found this one on rock auto. 345K5 is an alternate part number for it though...
Attachment 62240

Mar 17, 2019 | 09:21 PM

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Ecotec Belt W/O AC 12634322

Mar 17, 2019 | 09:31 PM

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Nevermind, you already checked Rock Auto

Mar 17, 2019 | 09:31 PM

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Theres a whole bunch on rock auto w/o AC. Never realized some cobalts don't come with Ac

Mar 19, 2019 | 08:13 AM

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Found this one on rock auto. 345K5 is an alternate part number for it though...
Attachment 62240

The 330K5 was custom measured by me, then went to an autoparts store a couple times until I got one that looked right. I didn't even think to look up a non-A/C ecotec car for the OEM belt.