[Vwdiesel] Alt. light on at high RPM's

[Fernando Fiore]

Little balls rolling out of the regulator hole as well, I guess I forgot to
mention that as well :)  Yeah, I took it apart and the pieces of bearing and
steel balls scraped a lot of insulation off all over the place.  I was also
pressed for time and without some shop resources (at school instead of home)
so I gave in and bought a rebuilt at pep boys for $90.  Not a bad price, but
I really hate their rebuilt garbage.  At least I have a lifetime warranty,
so I can change an alternator pretty quick.  The first one I got had a loose
bolt inside which holds a plate housing the front bearing, so had to change
it AGAIN in the parking lot (Keep in mind this is February in Rochester,
NY).  Oh well, thats my story

Nando


>From: "Nate Wall" <NWall at envasns.org>
>To: <ecodiesel1 at hotmail.com>, <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Alt. light on at high RPM's
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:21:08 -0500
>
>** Proprietary **
>
><<<<My
>alt. problem ended up being a rear bearing failure, as I took the regulator
>to see how the brushes were, and remnants of bearings and dust shields lay
>on the bottom...>>>>
>
>Are you sure the rear bearing failed?  Years ago I thought the same when
>the pulley had lots of up and down play.  Disassembly revealed the plastic
>bearing carrier got loose and spun w/ the rear bearing, which wore out the
>bearing recess in the rear case half.  It was so bad the rotor had begun to
>rub the field coils.  I used aluminum (the real) duct tape and wrapped it
>around the bearing as a "Temporary" fix to take up the slack.  That was in
>1992.  The alternator failed last year!  Got at least 9 years and about
>150,000 extra miles out of it!  It got replaced w/ a $40 e-Bay special that
>was recently rebuilt!  Talk about luck.
>
>--Nate
>
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