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Subject:Re: Charging or not?
From:VWNut Hawk
Date:Sun, 12 Oct 2003 09:51:36 -0500

The bottom bolts are loose.  What a pain to tighten.
A long handled box end wrench would be great.
The alternator doesn't sound bad but it sure feels like the
bearings are bad.  It doesn't feel like it's rotating smoothly.
I have another one that may be good so I'm just going to swap it and
see.

>>> Tom Shiels <shiels.t.w@COGECO.CA> 10/12/2003 8:34:33 AM >>>
On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 07:59:17 -0500, VWNut Hawk
<vwnut@HAWKCOMPUTING.COM>
wrote:

> Another question, the whole alternator wobbles forward
>and back some.
>I don't notice anything like that in the other busses.  I didn't see
>anything different in the brackets.

Your alternator should be good and solid. Be sure the two bolts that
hold
the bracket to the engine are both present and tight. I had the same
problem
- one bolt had broken and the other was loose.
Tom
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