[Vwdiesel] Finally need a new alternator? Burning through brushes.

[Will Taygan]

I can see the slip rings, I just don't know what to look for.  Shiny
spots with some dirty gunk? (more gunk on the rear faster-burning one)

I DID just change the battery and yank the cables..  I'll check for a
bad connection.

(I've had terrible squealing problems with this alternator, although it
turns freely - I was wondering if something other than the belt/pulley
could be causing it to have more resistance.)

Thanks,

Will.

On Tue, 2009-01-13 at 02:24 -0500, LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> A bad hot connection at the battery (smaller, power wire) 
> can do similar stuff such that you think you have an alt. 
> problem when it's just a positive connection problem; corrosion 
> on a connection.  You can see your slip rings if you look in the 
> alt. with the reg/brushes removed.
>     Loren
> 
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