Dead alt update...

[Joshua Van Tol]

>Hi Rob,
>The reason you have such a cheap rebuild is because you DON'T have a
>"rebuilt" (more than likely), you have a "repaired alt" which means that
>they repaired what was "broken".
>
>A true rebuild will have the following:
>New bearings front and back
>New VR
>Remachind rotor
>Rewound stator
>New diodes
>
>All and all, everything is replaced or rebuilt!

I agree, with a few caveats.

1.) Most all repair places make a habit of replacing the bearings. 
They're quite cheap.

2.) Stators fail about once in a billion years.

3.) Many of these places do indeed do a full rebuild including all 
the things you mention. The fact that they don't have to warehouse 
and inventory all those complete units and keep track of them saves a 
lot of dough.
-- 
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com