I can recommend doing it yourself. It's not too hard. If you can get access to puller and/or press it's easy. Sometimes it very easy. Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Lubin" <visionwizard@VERIZON.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 4:49 PM Subject: alternator rear bearing replacement
> My alternator needs a new rear bearing, but otherwise seems to be > working just fine. > Being both a cheapskate and a sufferer from an exaggerated sense of my > own mechanical abilities, I'm thinking of doing this bearing replacement > myself, instead of buying a new or rebuilt one. > Is this a bad idea? If not, any helpful tips or web links for me? I > already found the following link, which makes it look not so hard: > http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/electrical/boschaltrepair.htm > Thanks. |
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