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Date:         Sat, 16 Jun 2012 06:41:31 -0700
Reply-To:     Paul <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Paul <wognacious@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit
Comments: To: mkriley@fuse.net
In-Reply-To:  <2058542025.13120576.1339730105897.JavaMail.root@md05.cincibell.synacor.com>
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I found the quality of the bolts to be crap too I mean what's the purpose of selling a bracket to strengthen the existing setup when you include regular old carriage bolts with it. Kinda defeats the purpose. After I installed the "fix it" kit I found that the carriage bolt had been sheared off and I'm pretty sure I had the belt tensioned correctly. A trip to OSH and a higher grade bolt made everything good again but I really felt I shouldn't have needed to get better bolts. Makes me wonder about the quality of other after market fix it's offered by them. Just my $.02, Paul in Tracy

On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:15 PM, Mike Riley <mkriley@fuse.net> wrote:

> this is a joke as go westy is selling the WRONG SIZE BELT for vanagons and > then sells a kit to make up for it! > if you use the right 9.5 belt it will run with much less tension and you > will not blow out your water pumps and alternator bearings and mounts. > mike > > > Samuel Butler-- "One can bring no greater reproach against a man than to > say that he does not set sufficient value upon pleasure, and there is no > greater sign of a fool than the thinking that he can tell at once and > easily what it is that pleases him. To know this is not easy, and how to > extend our knowledge of it is the highest and most neglected of all arts > and branches of education." > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > To: Recipients of vanagon digests <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:22:07 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: vanagon Digest - 13 Jun 2012 to 14 Jun 2012 - Special issue > (#2012-389) > > There are 24 messages totalling 1103 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit (15) > 2. Map light (3) > 3. Help locating pin at harness for idiot lights > 4. Fwd: Re: [not_a_vw_club] Not a VW club Camp Out JA-DO > 5. Name of the huge online supplier of nuts,bolts, pipe, etc etc. (4) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:15:15 -0400 > From: pickle vanagon > Subject: warning regarding GoWesty alternator bracket kit > > GoWesty makes this nice kit to beef up the alternator bracket connection: > > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4454&category_id=&category_parent_id= > > The carriage bolt that comes with the kit seems to be a very low grade. I > stripped the threads on mine very easily. And multiple people at thesamba > have had issues as well: > > http://www.gowesty.com/ec_view_details.php?id=4454&category_id=&category_parent_id= > > (GoWesty was very nice about replacing my bolt but said the hardness was > not an issue even though it was perhaps only class 4.8 or so, since the > bolt "doesn't need to be very tight". I don't like this perspective.) > > Anyways, I think the bracket seems like a very good idea overall (and you > should get one *before* your studs break, not after) but I would recommend > using a different bolt. Either you can scrap the carriage bolt and use > whatever you already have straight through with a nut, or, the hardest M8 > 80mm carriage bolts I found were 8.8; fastenal has them. If anyone finds > 10.9 let me know! I doubt they exist, unfortunately... > > When I replaced this not-hard-enough bolt, I replaced the nuts on my > alternator bracket studs with 10.9 versions at the same time since I'm not > sure what was already there was the correct hardness. Just wanted to > report that if you have some funny wrenches then this can be done without > disturbing the coolant pipe that appears to be in the way. > > -Wes > > \ >


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