AAAAALLLLLLLL bearing have play unless they are preloaded.
.   The ALT. bearings are bad if you can feel any.

Jeff Oxroad wrote:

>How much play is acceptable in the Alternator bearing? I'm guessing the
>answer is none.
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>But I don't want to replace the Alt. prematurely as it's functioning fine.  I
>just had the fan belt off and found the play is slight, but noticeable.  It
>is not enough to interfere with the functioning of the alternator cooling
>fan--because then even I could figure out it's time to replace.
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>Thanks,
>Jeff
>83.5 Westy
>LA,CA
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