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For the love of all that is good and holy...
Posted by Mr. Science (more from Mr. Science) on Wed, 29 May 2002 23:44:38
In Reply to: Easy. To check the alternator >, ChipJ, Wed, 29 May 2002 22:37:24
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Don't try to do your own alternator bushings.
First of all, I did mine because my alternator looked crooked (i.e. not parallel to the engine), and the inside (firewall side) belt was looser than the other one. All signs would indicate I needed alternator bushings.
Well, countless hours of torturous hell later, I have new alternator bushings, and a new set of belts. And the flipping inside belt is still looser than the other one, and the godforsaken alternator still looks crooked.
Several Saab techs have told me it looks fine. I personally think they're full of caca, but I haven't been able to find a good reason why. For the time being, I have stopped worrying about it, namely because the car won't start in the first place anyhow.
Ok, I'm ranting..but seriously, alternator bushings are one of the more unpleasant ways you can conceivably spend a weekend (better than say, stomping on shards of glass, but worse than say, sleeping on shards of glass). If I had it to do again, I'd shell out the money, broke as I am, to have somebody whose Saab knowledge I reasonably trusted, take care of the problem for me.
$0.02
'Roo
'89 900S
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