The clutch bearing for an AC compressor is located in the center of the clutch. If the bearing goes bad, then the clutch is replaced as a whole part rather than changing the bearing.
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Most of the time, there is no way to route the belt without all the pulleys in place. As long as the bearing in the clutch on the AC turns it is alright, the compressor itself does not need to work.
It is a low pressure AC clutch cut out switch. It keeps the compressor from running if the system is low or empty of freon.
More than likely the a/c compressor is bad. The compressor clutch could be shorted also.
Try jumping the two terminals of the wires which go to the low pressure switch. That's a possibility, as is low refrigerant, a bad compressor clutch, or a faulty fuse or relay to the compressor clutch.
Bad bearing in compressor? Bad bearing in compressor?