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vancouverrx7 05-30-2003 06:21 PM

MOST OFTEN REASSEMBLING IS THE REVERSE OF DIASSEMBLY...



BUT WHEN I TOOK APART MY ALTERNATOR SO I CAN POLISH THE CASE... TWO METAL PIECES, (I BELIEVE THEY'RE CALLED BRUSHINGS) WERE PREVENTING ME FROM REASSEMBLING THE ALTERNATOR! GRR!!! THE MANUAL NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING ABOUT THAT!



ANYWAYS, SO I BROKE THE TWO PEICES.... and I'm sending it off to gotham racing for them to polish and rebuild the alternator...



DAMN, serves me right for fiddling with things I don't know...

rotarychainsaw 05-30-2003 06:24 PM

How do you know theyre broken? Just cause they fell out?

Drifter93 05-30-2003 06:45 PM

You will love the way your alternator is going to look after they get done with it. The last time I was over there they had one out and it looked really nice. I was very impressed with all the work they did to my car and other peoples cars.

turbovr6 05-30-2003 06:45 PM

yeah if they just fell out, it's easy to fix. on the back of the alternator there are 2 small pinholes that line up with the brushes. you push the brushes back in with a pick,then put a small pin in each hole to hold the brushes in place, when you are all done, just pull the 2 pins out and you are good to go https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

turbovr6 05-30-2003 06:57 PM

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I thought I had a pic of the rear of my alt. but I can't find it. Anyway here is my alt. this is chrome dipped. Poishing an alternator is too much work.

teknics 05-30-2003 09:08 PM

rebuilding an alternator is easy peasy work, altho some are a bitch to get the brushes seated properly before putting it together, they sell like $$$$ tools to do it easily but screwdrivers work nicely in most situations. ive never seen an fd one apart so i couldnt give any good tips lol, as long as you didnt break the wires connecting to the brushes.



kevin.

vancouverrx7 05-31-2003 10:12 AM

no, they broke... :(

vancouverrx7 05-31-2003 10:14 AM


Originally Posted by turbovr6' date='May 30 2003, 06:45 PM
yeah if they just fell out, it's easy to fix. on the back of the alternator there are 2 small pinholes that line up with the brushes. you push the brushes back in with a pick,then put a small pin in each hole to hold the brushes in place, when you are all done, just pull the 2 pins out and you are good to go https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR

so that's how you do it! damn, if only I knew... like I said, I was trying to figure it out and grr...

Thnx for letting me know... I'll keep that in mind for future reference...


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