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So last night i got bored and wanted to see how an alternator works. After that i thought i may as well clean it up and paint it. So heres what i did. After iv finished typing this up im going to put it on the car to test it.
First of all youll need to remove your alternator from the car.
1 x 15mm to remove your belt. 1 x 10mm to take the brace of the top. 2 x 13mm to undo the bolts that hold the alternator to the tensoner. 1 x 13mm that holds the alt to batt wire on. 1 x plug on the back that plug into your brushes.
Once its out you will need to remove the pulley. You need an allen key, 8mm in size and a socket, preferably with a spanner fitting on it, i used a 5/16th socket.
Once thats off youll need to take the brushes out. This is done with a phillips head screw driver.
You will to remove that plastic cap where your power wire goes. Its a 15mm.
Next you will need to remove the 4 phillips head screws from the front.
Once those are out, there is 4 more screws to take out. This will free up your front guard.
Now your looking at this. Grab hold and wiggle that unit free.
Now youll see 3 phillips head screws on the bottom, youll n eed to take those out then you can take the back guard off.
At this stage you can clean and paint the guards. As you can see, i did mine in aluminum.
After looking at all the components, i noticed a fair bit of surface rust on things. So i busted out the sandpaper and wire wheel.
Some before and after shots.
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
Before: Believe me that there was surface rust on there.
After:
Once finished cleaning, you may as well replace your brushes where your there. Then reassemble and youll have a smick looking alternator.
First of all youll need to remove your alternator from the car.
1 x 15mm to remove your belt. 1 x 10mm to take the brace of the top. 2 x 13mm to undo the bolts that hold the alternator to the tensoner. 1 x 13mm that holds the alt to batt wire on. 1 x plug on the back that plug into your brushes.
Once its out you will need to remove the pulley. You need an allen key, 8mm in size and a socket, preferably with a spanner fitting on it, i used a 5/16th socket.
Once thats off youll need to take the brushes out. This is done with a phillips head screw driver.
You will to remove that plastic cap where your power wire goes. Its a 15mm.
Next you will need to remove the 4 phillips head screws from the front.
Once those are out, there is 4 more screws to take out. This will free up your front guard.
Now your looking at this. Grab hold and wiggle that unit free.
Now youll see 3 phillips head screws on the bottom, youll n eed to take those out then you can take the back guard off.
At this stage you can clean and paint the guards. As you can see, i did mine in aluminum.
After looking at all the components, i noticed a fair bit of surface rust on things. So i busted out the sandpaper and wire wheel.
Some before and after shots.
Before:
After:
Before:
After:
Before: Believe me that there was surface rust on there.
After:
Once finished cleaning, you may as well replace your brushes where your there. Then reassemble and youll have a smick looking alternator.
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