Date:         Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:56:42 -0400
Reply-To:     Ed Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From:         Ed Duntz <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Lower alternator bolt
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
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Aha! So I may not have stripped the bolt head or the bracket. What year did
they make the switch? I've got the square hole in my '85. Is the '84 likely
to be the earlier style bracket? I guess I've got to find my inspection
mirror and look behind there. I guess I might need a u-joint to get in there
if I have to hold the front bolt.

Ed

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From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:42 PM
To: "'Ed Duntz'" <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>; <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Subject: RE: Lower alternator bolt

> The earlier brackets did not have the square hole to hold the carriage
> bolt
> head. Regular bolt and you needed to use two wrenches to tighten it up.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Ed Duntz
>
> (This is on my '84 stock 1.9, but don't all the alternators on both 1.9
> and
> 2.1 mount the same way?)
>
> I needed to tighten my alternator belt. I have a problem with the lower
> pivoting bolt- the one under the alternator. I removed the alternator from
> my spare engine to see the set-up. It's a carriage bolt with a square
> shoulder. I suspect that the square shoulder or the hole it sits in has
> rounded, as when I turn the nut at the rear and under the alternator the
> bolt spins as well and won't tighten or loosen.
>
> I didn't look so closely at the spare engine to see how that mount is
> attached to the engine, but I'd rather not have to take that off. I'm
> wondering if there is enough room back there to put a standard bolt with a
> hex head. I know there's room to get the bolt in, because obviously the
> carriage bolt slides in and out, but I'm wondering about room for a socket
> to hold it in place.
>