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Take a sighting along the belts. If the belts are not perfectly straight from the alternator to the water pump, the alternator bushings are shot.
Buy ONLY OEM Saab bushings. Do NOT be tempted by "Poly" bushings from any source for the alternator, because you'll only end up in there doing the bushings again in six months. Been there, done that, as have several others here. There is no "Performance" advantage to poly alternator bushings...
There are four bushings: Two in the alternator mounting block bolted to the motor, and two smaller ones (actually two halves of one) on the adjuster arm.
Oh - and after you're done, and the belt is tensioned and all, be CERTAIN to tighten the lower bolt on the adjuster arm, as this goes through the timing cover into the block, and, if it isn't tightened, may allow the oil seal to break, leaking oil and pressure internally. This is a bad thing, which I found out the hard way...
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Posts in this Thread:
- Belt Squeal/Alternator Bushings, VT900S, Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:48:10
- Re: Belt Squeal/Alternator Bushings, Saabnutt, Fri, 11 Jun 2010 07:00:35
- Re: Belt Squeal/Alternator Bushings, Larry West , Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:26:53 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: Belt Squeal/Alternator Bushings, MC 85 900T x2, Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:10:07
- I'm suffering this very same condition..., blue87, Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:53:58
- Re: Belt Squeal/Alternator Bushings, slyde, Thu, 10 Jun 2010 19:03:30
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