At 08:24 AM 12/14/2001, Data Services wrote:
>the alternator is mounted in such a dumb way.  A quite hard 6" bolt goes
>thru a 2" support mounted on the engine, there is an inch of free space (I
>made a spacer), and then it goes into the alternator bracket!  This means
>that the relatively heavy alt is hanging off a 4" rod which I stress even
>more by attaching a tight belt as far away from the engine support as one

Make sure the bolt is the correct grade and is torqued correctly.  Not
saying it's a good arrangement, but if the bolt is not tight enough it's
guaranteed to fail.

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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