

| Subject: | Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit |
| From: | Roger Whittaker |
| Date: | Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:43:42 -0700 |
Dear alternative new alternator bracket .... I ordered this part after my alternator fell off just before christmas ... One day in February I got ready to put in service and there was a great deal of re jigging to do on the piece ... Yes we likely could have made our own at least I could with the help of my mechanical pal ... But that would have taken several hours to figure out where the starting point was ... As it was it took a couple of hours to figure out the end point ... The product from go westy is still in service some 120 days later and all is as tight as a ... What ever you consider tight to be Regards There must be a lifetime of thought in the last second if we are to live from moment to moment. On 2012-06-16, at 2:08 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: > RE : >> In most cases, the fact that the bearing had been replaced would never come out, much less what brand part was used, or from what vendor. > As in the case of a crash and damage or bodily harm due to a faulty > part or whatever. ... > They sure might investigate and inspect the vehicle. > > I have been hired by a lawyer to inspect a very mangled Austin Healy > 3000 that two guys got killed in .. > It had been worked on in a shop prior to that. > They wanted to know if something happened like the throttle got jammed > or whatever, due to recently done work. > Of course, huge sums where involved. In cases like that they hire > somebody to see what's what , if they're smart. > > in that case I had the police accident report, including tire pressures. > The accident was on a rainy New Years Day. The tire pressures were > around 12 psi in most of the skinny non-radial tires. > And the interior of the car was gutted ..all jagged metal. > It sure looked like operator error and not a part or workmanship issue. > > Point is though ...if people are smart they will at least check the > vehicle itself in such cases. > > > .
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