Thanks for the response. Doing some reinforcing myself. I welded a "shelf" on to the back of the bracket to distribute the point loading and to take some of the shear stress off of the bolts. I'll take a look at how you did your mods when I get home... Thanks again. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dagbear@aol.com [mailto:Dagbear@aol.com] > Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2001 4:18 PM > To: MRPEDERS@pacifica-papers.com > Subject: Re: '88 alternator mounting studs > > > I had a similar problem with my '87. I used two pieces of > flat steel stack > to reinforce the new bracket. I fabricated one to go between > the back of the > alternator bolt and one of the bolts on the engine case. The > other bracket > runs between the front of the alternator bracket and the bolt > on top of the > case which would secure a mechanical fuel pump. The > alternator is now > solidly attached and I don't worry about the bracket breaking again. > > Rico Dagastino > Munford, TN > |
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