In a 90 civic, is cutting/removing the ac compressor belt going to effect anything else other than the AC? I know some cars use the same belt for the ac compressor as the alternator....To me it looks like 3 different belts, one for the ps, one for the ac compressor and one for the alternator. Can anyone confirm this? I think the compressor is making this weird winding noise and It's driving me insane. The AC doesn't work anyways.

Thanks!

 

Thanks for the reply...Anyone else want to confirm this? Pleaseee! I really don't wanna find out after that I shouldn't have cut it...

 

you can cut the ac belt and it wont effect anything else

 

you could also open your hood and have a look. If you dont know what your doing maybe get your little sister to help you.

 

You know, there's also a quick, ghetto way of removing a belt: loosen the tensioner. But I guess if you're nit-picky you could go to the trouble of hacking it up.

 

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lol that was funny

 

Thanks to the people who actually helped. Turns out it WAS the ac compresser belt. It was in the begining stages of failing.

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Thank you, I cannot express in words how much you've helped. I did open the hood, how else would I know that there were 3 belts? What I was asking is if that particular belt controlled anything else. The reason I'm not just removing it is because the ps pump is in the way and I don't feel like going through all the hassle of removing it just to take an old cracked TRASH belt off. And for the ''smart'' *** who says you can take it off without removing the ps pump, that's true, if you have a jack. Yes, I have one, but the last time I used it...it failed and went thru the splash guard and broke the O2 sensor off, luckly that was all it broke off. I Think that about covers it.

Boy, I wish I would have done it the smart... way and not the ''ghetto'' way. I could have used twice the time and saved a rotting belt from being ''hacked'' up.

 

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Thank you, I cannot express in words how much you've helped </TD></TR></TABLE>

no problem