Alternator Bearing Part No. trouble

[Avi Meron]

Rob,
I know of NO dealer that sells parts of alternator or other similar
items...............they all sell a COMPLETE unit (mostly rebuilt)! That
comment applies to almost any brand (at least all the ones I am familiar
with).

You can have many places rebuild your alt. for nearly as much as you are
going to put in by the time you are done.....................
Of course the above does not apply if your motive is not economic!

You can take the bearing to a bearing distributor and they "might" be able
to match it for you, but you will pay dearly (most of the time) since those
outfits do not make their money selling one bearing at a time.

Good luck,

Avi
Of course you can always get one of my high output Ultranators (output
increased to 130AMP), see: www.ultranator.com
Unfortunately I can't get you just the bearing.





-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
Behalf Of rob hod
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 1:46 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Alternator Bearing Part No. trouble

    My local Audi parts counter is slowly degenerating into one of those
sullen organisations where you never see the same parts counter monkey boy
twice.

    A direct result of this is that I only found out that I had the wrong
bearings for my alternator once it was in pieces on the bench. I wondered if
any one can help me out with a Part Number to help me fight the monkey boys.

    Car - 1988 100 Avant 2.0E, Auto tranny. RT 5 cyl engine.
    Alternator - Bosch 90Amp, Part number 026 903 017BX. What I want is PN
for the rear ball bearing assy (the one next to the brushes). I know the
wrong Pn is 054 903 221A 'cos thats what I've got, it has an outside
diameter of around 32mm whereas the one I want is slightly smaller with an
Outside diameter of about 28mm

    Anyone got an ekta they can check on?

    Thanks

rob