As the title says, my 97 GTP supercharger has a bearing going out. Now is the WORST possible time for this to happen with everything going on in the world (like there's ever a good time for car troubles?! lol)
I do ll my own car repairs, just got done changing the front hub assembly on this piggy so I have tools, but tuning/diagnostic tools, with that being said...

I feel like there are two (possibly 3 ) options...
1) Replace the bearing

2) Replace the supercharger

3) ?!? Bypass the supercharger?!?

So I'll start with #3 (cheapest solution) is this even possible? Would the car run? Keep in mind this is my DD and I soft pedal it all the time to get the best gas mileage since I drive 45min one way to work, so I'm not really worried about acceleration performance Is this even an option??

#2 - I see I can get a rebuilt on Ebay for $600 ...good idea/bad idea? any other 'hidden costs' that would crop up with this ?

#1 - How involved is this, is it possible with just hand tools, has anyone ever done it.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and wisdom guys!!
MB