alternator

[Superior*Bass* 10+ year member]

what causes a alternator to go bad??

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[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

details please

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

It depends lol

 

[Superior*Bass* 10+ year member]

in order to have to buy a new one.what has to happen to it..

im just curiouse:eyebrow:

 

[Tehgregzor 10+ year member]

what are you doing? My guess is trying to shit out your stock alt so your parents will buy you anew HO one, knowing that they have no clue the diff between stock and HO?

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

since the new year is almost here, i nominate this for dumbest thread of 2005.

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

in order to have to buy a new one.what has to happen to it..im just curiouse:eyebrow:

It has to quite working........//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/eyebrow.gif.fe2c18d8720fe8c7eaed347b21ea05a5.gif

 

[Superior*Bass* 10+ year member]

what stops it from working?? cross wires?

i just want to know so i dont have to buy a new one

 

[MikeyB 5,000+ posts]

Well a lot of things can stop it from working. Its going to go bad sometime, when its pushing more juice it won't last as long. The more the alternator needs to work the less time it will last kinda thing.

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

if you cross the computer plug, with the main charging cable, please tell me how you managed to that. if you don't put the belt on the alt?

 

[Superior*Bass* 10+ year member]

ok thank u

i saw alot of posts about alts and just wanted to know

 

[iceteebone 5,000+ posts]

bad craftsmenship

 

[knukonceptz 10+ year member]

There are a few components inside an ALT that go bad. The rectifier or regulator are probably the most common to go. The stator or rotor are also possible items to go but are much more durable and less likely to go. On vehicles with higher mileage it could be as simple as worn brushes not making good contact anymore.

What causes these problems, sometimes wiring (grounding the output cable would be bad), Bad connections at the regulator (corosion) can cause failures, sometimes an over worked unit. Fften if one goes there is another underlying problem which caused it to go.