Alternator HELP please...
#1
Alternator HELP please...
Ok, with my engine kit together and on its way here, and some other parts on the way i'm getting excited about the motor, so i started on to some accessories , one of them being an alternator rebuild kit, which brings about a few questions...
The pulley, how the hell do i get it off,
as of now i am without air tool because for whatever reason my dad took mine to work... yeah well, i'm here with a great big 15/16 box end wrench and an allen wrench, which is rigged to a steel pipe for torque...
i am cranking as hard as i can on the center allen bolt , is this even the right thing to be turning? its not budging, .... even with heat o.o, which i probably should have never applied...
next, its aluminum
and it looks bad...
as of now i don't have the means for a new alternator so this one needs cleaned up and painted, whats a good way to clean it, without ruining it, and how does paint stick to aluminum?
The pulley, how the hell do i get it off,
as of now i am without air tool because for whatever reason my dad took mine to work... yeah well, i'm here with a great big 15/16 box end wrench and an allen wrench, which is rigged to a steel pipe for torque...
i am cranking as hard as i can on the center allen bolt , is this even the right thing to be turning? its not budging, .... even with heat o.o, which i probably should have never applied...
next, its aluminum
and it looks bad...
as of now i don't have the means for a new alternator so this one needs cleaned up and painted, whats a good way to clean it, without ruining it, and how does paint stick to aluminum?
#2
You really can't afford $50 for a new alternator? No offense, but you're not going to keep the car on the road if you can't fork out for the parts that it really needs.
As far as getting the pulley off, take the thing into a shop. Hell, take it into a parts store. Many parts stores have electric impacts that they use to swap pulleys. I do it for free for customers.
As far as getting the pulley off, take the thing into a shop. Hell, take it into a parts store. Many parts stores have electric impacts that they use to swap pulleys. I do it for free for customers.
#5
its not that i don't have $50, in fact i have enough money to keep it on the road
i just have this sum of money for time like this i can spend 15 for a rebuild kit, LEARN (main reason for the project), have not Chinese crap parts, and still be 35 dollars ahead of the game.
i just have this sum of money for time like this i can spend 15 for a rebuild kit, LEARN (main reason for the project), have not Chinese crap parts, and still be 35 dollars ahead of the game.
#6
its not that i don't have $50, in fact i have enough money to keep it on the road
i just have this sum of money for time like this i can spend 15 for a rebuild kit, LEARN (main reason for the project), have not Chinese crap parts, and still be 35 dollars ahead of the game.
i just have this sum of money for time like this i can spend 15 for a rebuild kit, LEARN (main reason for the project), have not Chinese crap parts, and still be 35 dollars ahead of the game.
#8
Napa's NAE (not the Rayloc brand) remanufactured alternators are some of the best out there. Usually reman'd in the US or Mexico to much higher standards than something you'd get at Autozone or Kragen. Welded circuitry rather than soldered by some chinese kid, completely new internals rather than reusing old bearings, bushings, windings, etc. Basically it's a new unit in an old case.
If you want to replace the brushes in yours, go ahead, but I still think you'd be much better off simply trading it for a good reman unit.
If you want to replace the brushes in yours, go ahead, but I still think you'd be much better off simply trading it for a good reman unit.
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