Date:         Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:10:17 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
Organization: not likely
Subject:      alternator tightening bolt
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anybody had to replace their alternator tightening bolt? the one that
you loosen and tighten to adjust the tension on the alternator belt??

mine is getting buggered up after all these years, and so i ordered
some from Camelback ... got the bolts and they are completely wrong
for my bus. it's the right part number from the microfiche, but still
the wrong bolt.

my 88 and my 87 both have the same setup:
there is a hex-head bolt, with a big shoulder under the hex-head, that
screws through the slot in the adjusting arm and into a cast-on big
bump on the alternator. the end of the bolt appears to be very
pointed, almost screw-like.

the one vw sent me has a round mushroom-like head, with a square
shoulder underneath, next to the threads. i can see where it would fit
into the adjusting slot, but not with the alternators i have (with the
big bump).

before i go looking around at NAPA and elsewhere, has anyone else had
this problem? if so, how did you solve it? where did you get the new
bolts? i guess i could always just get a same-thread bolt and put a
big washer under there. :)

thanks.
joel