Alternator retaining tab broke
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Captain Obvious
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I've been thinking why that tab broke. By the way, the new part has a 997 number so Porsche knew there was a problem. My alternator doesn't have a clutch, just a normal pulley. Starting to think that the stress of a clutchless pulley caused this failure. The new part looks a bit beefier.