On 08/22/2011 05:58 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote: > Fast alternator brush wear is almost always caused by burned or > pitted commutator rings. > > Did you check them when you replaced the regulator or did you just > change out the regulator? Well, as I wrote, I was in a campsite and didn't have confidence that I could get ahold of the forward nut of the alternator pivot bolt in the bracket. So, no, I did not inspect the commutator rings and, for that matter, don't know how.
> Most just change the regulator& then blame the regulator when the > brushes fail in a few months or weeks. I sure don't want to be in that category of hapless idiot. I am my own category, the worrywart idiot, and now I need to address the worn commutator possibility. Can anyone explain how, and what to look for? -- Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott Bend, Ore. 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people. 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia. Sent from my kitchen. |
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