"Bosch rebuild"

[Burl Vibert]

george mills wrote:
>
> I'm a little surprised that most people don't have a good local
> rebuild shop. I've dealt with the same shop for over 30 years in
> Halifax (Rand Auto Electric) and never had a bad experience with
> starters and alternators. What you take in is an old, rusty, dirty,
> non-functioning part and what you get back looks brand new. Case is
> sandblasted, parts that had paint are repainted and any defunct
> internals are replaced with new. Most recent case was my Bosch 115 amp
> alt. that required new stator, armature, bearings front and back. This
> all for the lofty sum of $165+tax in Canabucks. So-called reman from a
> local distributor was $230+tax. With this shop you know what has been
> replaced. If you request the parts replaced they happily hand them to
> you in a plastic bag. Most of the local dealers (Audi included) send
> these items to be rebuilt at this shop and then charge double to John
> Q. The only drawback is you have to wait a day or two for the work to
> be done so if you're in a big hurry you pay the extra for
> off-the-shelf. Seems a lot simpler than getting into shipping the core
> to someplace else on the planet and getting a replacement that comes
> with no documentation of repairs. As an added benefit, your hard
> earned cashola stays in the hands of locals and just may be returned
> to you for work done in some other venture.


Yup, that's just what I do, bring it to the local guy who does a more
thorough job of "remanufacturing" it than Bosch does.  Price was about
the same as yours and it's still working fine several years later.
Sometimes he has an already finished one on the shelf and I just
exchange it instead of waiting.

Burl Vibert
1987 5kcstq
Kingston, Ontario