I can recommend doing it yourself.  It's not too hard.
If you can get access to puller and/or press it's easy.  Sometimes it very
easy.

Mike B.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeffrey Lubin" <visionwizard@VERIZON.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:49 PM
Subject: alternator rear bearing replacement

> My alternator needs a new rear bearing, but otherwise seems to be
> working just fine.
> Being both a cheapskate and a sufferer from an exaggerated sense of my
> own mechanical abilities, I'm thinking of doing this bearing replacement
> myself, instead of buying a new or rebuilt one.
> Is this a bad idea?  If not, any helpful tips or web links for me?  I
> already found the following link, which makes it look not so hard:
> http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/electrical/boschaltrepair.htm
> Thanks.