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 Doug Sweetman
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| posted on December 13th, 2004 at 11:52 PM |
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Alternator bearings
People - the bearings in my alternator are on their way out - does anyone have any experience with installing new bearings ? Are they available ? To
the best of my knowledge its a genuine / standard alternator.
The bearings are only noisy, they havent yet started to collapse (luckily).
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 08:45 AM |
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Yeah they are easy to replace. You'll find it's only the one on the pulley end that's buggered so you don't even have to take the alternator out
of the car.
Take the belt and pulley off, undo the 4 screws around the outside and the end falls off. The bearing is a stadard bearinf available at any bearing
supply place (BSC, Bearing Traders etc). Just take the old one in.
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 10:00 AM |
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woo hoo. Thats great news !
Dont suppose you would know the part number ? (might be asking a bit much I guess......
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 01:45 PM |
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the part number is usually the number stamped into the side of the bearing, but of course, the alternator cover needs to be pulled off!
everything dies baby, thats a fact..
maybe everything that dies one day comes back..
put your make up on and your hair up pretty..
and meet me tonight in Atlantic city..
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Doug Sweetman
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 01:59 PM |
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mmm ta for that useful little tidbit.... :P
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 02:07 PM |
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Hey Doug can you post the number when you get it please.:thumb
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| posted on December 14th, 2004 at 04:38 PM |
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Yep, will do. Should swap it out this weekend, unless I get keen.
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| posted on December 20th, 2004 at 12:21 PM |
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Front bearing in the Bosch alternators (well in mine anyways) is a 6203-RS. The RS stands for Rubber Seal.
I couldnt actually get it off - you need a small bearing puller to remove it, as it has an interference fit collar in front of the bearing on the
shaft.
I cleaned it all up all the same, and the noise is a lot quieter now (almost disappeared) so I shall leave it be until it comes back again !.
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| posted on December 20th, 2004 at 02:17 PM |
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keep an eye out for a chep bearing puller
You occasionally see them cheap sometimes
Sounds like you had a productive weekend 
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on December 20th, 2004 at 06:31 PM |
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yeah..... not !
I didnt mention that I busted the little cast bush pressed into the back half of the fanbelt pulley too ! so next time that comes off I need a new one
of them too.......
bah !
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| posted on December 20th, 2004 at 07:04 PM |
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d'oh
bugger :beer
Futue te ipsum!!!
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