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Dave Thomas (Geekforhire)
| | Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 07:17 pm: | 
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My alternator developed a bit of a squeak and I pulled it of to take care of it. While I was removing it I noticed a crack on one of the three supports for the output shaft on the alternator. Once I got it all the way off I saw that the crack went all the way through. Yipes. That would be a nice failure...esp. with the serpentine belt.
The alt is 14 months old...rebuilt. It would seem the casting just reached its fatigue limit after being a 'core' a few times. Something to think about when buying a rebuilt part...how many miles are on the 'core'? I had never really thought about it before but will now!
I called the rebuilder directly after the retards at kragen didn't know what to do about it and they (Hi-test www.hi-test.com) told me that they would replace it even though its one year warrantee was up. Cool if they do, I wont know until I go drop it off tomorrow. Luckily for me they are only about 30 minutes away.
Anyway, just a FYI type of thing. |
Disco_Dad
| | Posted on Sunday, March 03, 2002 - 10:50 pm: |
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Good luck with Kragen, If they dont replace it
an option for you is to find a core of the same alternator and swap the housings,
It�s not a hard repair. If you don�t have an impact wrench, Kragen should have one to loosen the nut on the pulley.
Dee |
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