[s-cars] Alternator Removal

[Mtgadbois at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/2/2007 8:17:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
s-car-list-request at audifans.com writes:

Date:  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 21:02:32 -0400
From: "Chuck Rose"  <crose24 at gmail.com>
Subject: [s-cars] Alternator Removal
To: _s-car-list at audifans.com_ (mailto:s-car-list at audifans.com) 

Last  Friday my car started dying about 5 miles from my apartment and by the
time  I made it home it was barely running, I rolled into the driveway.   I
knew it must be the alternator since the battery is good and I went  through
the same problem when the brushes on my alternator wore out.   This time
however it's not a cheap, easy brush fix, I had the alternator  tested and it
is only outputting 11.4V at load.

I have a Bentley CD  manual but can't seem to find an alternator removal
procedure (I just got  it a few weeks ago and don't know my way around it too
well yet), I thought  I remembered someone going through the process a few
months back on the  list but the search turned up nothing.  Does anyone have
a write up  for changing the alternator?  I figure spending 10 minutes
reading a  BTDT will save me a couple hours when it comes to doing the job
this  weekend.

Thanks,

Chuck

'93  S4





Chuck,
 
When I did mine it took about 20 minutes to remove.  I do not remember  
exactly what steps I took but its not hard to do.  First step though is to  
disconnect the battery.  Next step is to remove the tension on  the alternator belt.  
After that a few wrenches and sockets com in  handy.  I seem to recall that I 
used a few extensions also.  Good  luck.
 
Mark near Chicago



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