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<blockquote data-quote="SPL140.2" data-source="post: 3366283" data-attributes="member: 559635"><p>The alternator was one of the biggest pains ive had in a long time //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif At first i took the alternator bracket off, and what do you know? the bracket was broke //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif so again I luckily found one off of ebay cheap, saved me from going to the junkyard in the snow //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif So I got the bracket off and took off all the wires and yep it wont come out //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif The new half main shaft is bigger than the stock and it took up the clearance that the alternator needed to slide out.</p><p></p><p>So I had to take the nuckle assembly off again and pulled up the lower ball joint with a pickle fork and yep ripped the rubber which holds the grease on the brand new ball joint(yep have to replace yet again). Yep a 20 min job turns into 5 hrs. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif So after more swearing and cursing the alternator is out, slid the new up and used the new bracket got the new belt and went to tighten the belt... Yep the bolt broke inside the alternator //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif so i grabbed the drill and just started to drill and it popped out which was the best thing that happend that day. I went to advanced auto got some new bolts and FINALLY got it in and tightend down. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif</p><p></p><p>Broken bracket</p><p></p><p><a href="http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture142zh1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6395/picture142zh1.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture109jr7.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6866/picture109jr7.th.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif I hate it when the easy jobs turn into a nightmare!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SPL140.2, post: 3366283, member: 559635"] The alternator was one of the biggest pains ive had in a long time [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] At first i took the alternator bracket off, and what do you know? the bracket was broke [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] so again I luckily found one off of ebay cheap, saved me from going to the junkyard in the snow [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif[/IMG] So I got the bracket off and took off all the wires and yep it wont come out [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] The new half main shaft is bigger than the stock and it took up the clearance that the alternator needed to slide out. So I had to take the nuckle assembly off again and pulled up the lower ball joint with a pickle fork and yep ripped the rubber which holds the grease on the brand new ball joint(yep have to replace yet again). Yep a 20 min job turns into 5 hrs. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] So after more swearing and cursing the alternator is out, slid the new up and used the new bracket got the new belt and went to tighten the belt... Yep the bolt broke inside the alternator [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif[/IMG] so i grabbed the drill and just started to drill and it popped out which was the best thing that happend that day. I went to advanced auto got some new bolts and FINALLY got it in and tightend down. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/woot.gif.aaa6090e619a97b6090d16dd863c5a69.gif[/IMG] Broken bracket [URL="http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture142zh1.jpg"][IMG]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6395/picture142zh1.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture109jr7.jpg"][IMG]http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6866/picture109jr7.th.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif[/IMG] I hate it when the easy jobs turn into a nightmare!! [/QUOTE]
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