Date:         Sun, 15 Oct 2006 12:13:42 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 85GL 1.9 Busted alternator mounting bracket stud ..2nd time
              in 2 years
Comments: To: TC <trclark@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <226101c6f07f$5e0c3910$c901a8c0@w2ktopcat>
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Those are a little wacky guys.

I was wondering Larry if you had tried welding a short piece of 3/4" or 1"
steel strap at 90 degrees to the top side of the adjustment arm to stiffen
it. Of course it might then transfer the load to the other bracket and cause
a failure like TC's!

Just thinking.....

On 10/15/06, TC <trclark@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> Larry
> It looks to me like you are braking the alternator adjusting bracket ?
> for me it is the stud/bolt that go into the block hairs from the water
> jackets :(
> on the lower bracket under that alt :
> realy not feeling good about right angle drilling that stud out again ...
>
> >Alternator Brace Photo
> >http://www.roadhaus.com/images/alt_bracket/alt03.JPG
>
> And the brace pic is bracing the adjusting bracket ...
>
> so I guess it looks like i am gonna see if a local machine shop can come
> up
> with some type of a brace
> maybe both top & bottom
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com