got a 2004 civic si, the ac compressor seized up so trying to bypass it with a shorter belt. googled around and saw that a 7 rib 50.5 inch belt should work ...

having problems with the belt just being a tad bit tight, does anyone have any advice or a ac by pass belt diagram?

Do i also need to disconnect the ac or anything once i get the belt on? any advice would be greatly appreciated on bypassing the ac!

 

if the belt is tight just find a belt a tad bigger. Call different places because each company makes different sizes. When I was searching for supercharger belts because all of my setups were one offs I called all the places, napa, carquest, autozone, o'riley and they all had belts close but not exact and then finally found one.

You don't need to unplug anything you can just leave it. If the A/C isn't turned on it won't be looking for anything anyways.

 

I have a spare AC compressor if interested.