- Location
- Middle Tennessee
I have a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 4.0L engine that just loves to make me mad all the time. The A/C compressor seems to keep having issues at the clutch. It's like the compressor can't keep up with engine RPM's and the causes the rubber in the clutch to debond.
Now, it says you can bypass the A/C compressor by rerouting the belt. Here is the odd part. When you look up belts, O'Reilly's shows no option for with or without A/C. I went to Autozone and it does show with or without A/C! Bad news is the part numbers are the same. Whaawhaaa??
I see no way I can reroute the belt without it being shorter. The problem is through all the searches, no one ever gives a belt number for the 4.0L, only the 5.2L V8.
Does anyone here know a number or a length? Through my research I think the belt is a 7 rib and is 15/16" in width. One guy who had a 1995 said he measured the new length at 70.5". There was no follow-up to confirm that this worked and it was also for a 1995. I don't know if belt routing is the same between a 98 and a 95 (I don't think so but I don't have a 95 to compare to).
Now, it says you can bypass the A/C compressor by rerouting the belt. Here is the odd part. When you look up belts, O'Reilly's shows no option for with or without A/C. I went to Autozone and it does show with or without A/C! Bad news is the part numbers are the same. Whaawhaaa??
I see no way I can reroute the belt without it being shorter. The problem is through all the searches, no one ever gives a belt number for the 4.0L, only the 5.2L V8.
Does anyone here know a number or a length? Through my research I think the belt is a 7 rib and is 15/16" in width. One guy who had a 1995 said he measured the new length at 70.5". There was no follow-up to confirm that this worked and it was also for a 1995. I don't know if belt routing is the same between a 98 and a 95 (I don't think so but I don't have a 95 to compare to).