At 08:24 AM 12/14/2001, Data Services wrote: >the alternator is mounted in such a dumb way. A quite hard 6" bolt goes >thru a 2" support mounted on the engine, there is an inch of free space (I >made a spacer), and then it goes into the alternator bracket! This means >that the relatively heavy alt is hanging off a 4" rod which I stress even >more by attaching a tight belt as far away from the engine support as one Make sure the bolt is the correct grade and is torqued correctly. Not saying it's a good arrangement, but if the bolt is not tight enough it's guaranteed to fail. david
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