Alternator Bearing Part No. trouble

[rob hod]

    Avi,

    Thanks for taking an interest in my troubles, however I must point out
that in the UK if nowhere else you can walk right into an Audi dealer and
order just about any part for your alternator, from a spring washer to a set
of brushes, or bearings, or exchange rotor and bearing sub assembly. It has
to said that Bosch are famous for being very mean with their service support
and spares availability but you can get the parts at Audi, -as I said in the
original post I already obtained what is supposed to be the right part from
them, only problem is its for a different alternator than mine!

    As far as the economics goes, if I had had the right part available I
would at this point have a rebuilt alternator right now for about 50GBP, and
had the pleasure of knowing I had a quality job with the right quality parts
which is my motivation behind  doing all the work myself on my cars except
paint.

    Thanks for trying to help though

    Regards

rob
----- Original Message -----
From: Avi Meron <avim at pacbell.net>
To: rob hod <rob3 at hod3.fsnet.co.uk>
Cc: Quattro <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2001 6:08 PM
Subject: RE: Alternator Bearing Part No. trouble


> 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
>
>