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Date:         Tue, 23 Aug 2011 01:01:26 -0700
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
Comments: To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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Dear WorryWart Idiot ...... ( just had to use the term ! ) ..

I wouldn't take it back apart now myself. I would get a good used 90 amp bosch alternator .. and inspect those commentator rings .. even talk to a rebuilding shop about cleaning them up perhaps .. put in an new VR, ( make sure the bearings are good ) , then install that one on your westy ..check charging voltage of course. and use your current one to examine, and possibly rebuild, and carry for a spare.

if you are into fixing it yourself.. and going on semi-remote trips and being your own rescue team .. one should, or could, have more than one alternator total.

Scott turbovans.com

----- Original Message ----- From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 7:14 PM Subject: Re: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick

> 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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