Alternator install
05-08-2014, 08:46 AM
#16
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The biggest 'trick' to remounting the alternator easily is to get a C-clamp and two sockets- one with a diameter just greater than the bushing in the rear alternator mounting flange, and one just smaller. put the smaller socket on the 'front' face of the bushing, and use the C-clamp to press the bushing back into the flange, so the alternator easily slips over the mounting cassette.
Yes getting that bushing flush with rear flange is key to mounting the alternator — it then slips easily between mounting tabs.
Haven't done it for a while but I'm sure I only needed a big c-clamp. Didn't need to fiddle with sockets just squeezed the bushing back.
05-08-2014, 11:51 AM
#17
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The original trick with the sockets was because the rear end of the bushing needs room to come out of the ear a bit to get the front pushed back flush with the inside of the ear. Updating methods to use the bolt as a driver as I described in post 11 above means no exotic tool beyond the soft-faced hammer for the hex end of the bolt. Plus you can more easily see where the bushing sits as you tap on the bolt.
The Good News is that I don't have that many opportunities to swing the alternator in and out on my car. Maybe four or five times in fifteen-plus years. So it takes me a while to think up better solutions.
The Good News is that I don't have that many opportunities to swing the alternator in and out on my car. Maybe four or five times in fifteen-plus years. So it takes me a while to think up better solutions.
05-09-2014, 07:45 AM
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The alternator mates to the power steering pump bracket and you slot the long 17mm bolt through. This will be tricky cause you need to get all the holes lined up while still holding that alternator up. Best to use something to lay it on to adjust such as perhaps a floor jack because it is rather heavy and that bolt can be a big pain to get right.
This seems like a magic trick, I can't get the bracket in and out with return in place and I can't get the return in and out with the bracket in place. I have to be missing something here.
This seems like my last obstacle but I had to give up and sleep on it last night. Very frustrating.
