Be sure to spin the alternator by hand when the belt is off ,
to check for bearing slop or roughness.
  I find that medium commonly on 2.1 waterboxers ..or at least now and then.

As you may know ..the black bracket bolted to the engine block ( mounted
on two studs with nuts actually )
are sometimes found cracked, or just broken.
It's a classic weak waterboxer area, so check it carefully.
In a really bad case the studs are broken off in the block ..and that's
a real pain to repair.
I must have 4 or 5 'nicely broken' alternator lower mounting brackets.
Have fun !

Scott
www.turbovans.com

On 10/6/2012 5:26 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
> Thank you all gentlemen.  I'm getting rusty as I get older.  Never had this
> alternator out so I guess
> I have to face the music as they say....
>
> Cheers!
>
> Steven
>
> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 4:44 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You can also put a box wrench on the front nut, and a long extension and
>> stubby ratchet on the bolt, with the ratchet ending up near the
>> transmission. You can remove it that way.
>>
>> My favorite way is to put a box wrench on the back (doesn't need to be
>> curved) and a ratcheting box wrench on the front. No problem at all. You
>> might have to drift out the long bolt, but that should be no big problem
>> either. No need to remove anything else.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Steven Johnson <sjohnso2000@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Scott,
>>>
>>> Thanks,  I guess my box end wrench isn't quite long enough....  :(
>>>
>>> Steven
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
>>> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   You don't have to remove the PS parts.
>>>> If it's stock ..the forward end of the bolt is like a carriage bolt -..
>>>> square under the bolt head, in a square hole so it won't turn.
>>>>
>>>> But even it's not like that you can still sneak a box wrench back in
>>> there
>>>> without taking much else apart.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   On 10/6/2012 2:49 PM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I need to replace the alternator on my 91 Westy (manual).   Can one of
>>>> you folks tell me what the trick is to removing the bolt.   I can't see
>>> how
>>>> to
>>>> access behind the alternator.
>>>>
>>>> My best guess is that you have to remove the power steering pump
>>> bracket?
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> Steven
>>>> 91 Westy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>