Alternator won't fit--am I missing something?
#1
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: boston, ma
Posts: 116
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Alternator won't fit--am I missing something?
The size of the opening on my alt bracket is 2 7/16" and the size of the bracket it needs to bolt up to is ~2 1/8". Is there some sort of spacer I'm missing?
#2
Lives on the Forum
The N/A's have a spacer, don't know about the turbos, but if everything's lined up as it should be, and you still have about a 3/8" gap at the lower bolt location, then you're missing the spacer...
#5
Lives on the Forum
You got a bunch of washers that will fit the bolt shank? Same thing...
BTW, look around on top of the engine, and on the belly pan, sometimes they like to drop out of sight when we pull that lower bolt...
BTW, look around on top of the engine, and on the belly pan, sometimes they like to drop out of sight when we pull that lower bolt...
#6
Wait................What?
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Raleigh/Cary, NC - USA
Posts: 521
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by DerangedHermit
I still need to find my alternator bolt. God I need to stop losing bolts.
My 89 doesnt have a spacer.
#7
Full Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: boston, ma
Posts: 116
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Why is it that sometime the simplest fixes turn into the biggest headaches. I mean, what could be simpler than removing the 2 bolts needed to swap the alternator?!?
Trending Topics
#8
Banned. I got OWNED!!!
Originally Posted by LowFreq
Why is it that sometime the simplest fixes turn into the biggest headaches. I mean, what could be simpler than removing the 2 bolts needed to swap the alternator?!?
#9
"Ummm .. can someone gimme a good deal on a spacer? ;-)"
Id go the washer route personally. I dont know how many times i've droped the spacer while trying to reinstall the alt... you have to give it a few taps with a hammer just to get the spacer in let alone trying to get the bolt on afterwards... the 5-6 washers should do the trick and they wont be as much of a pain to get in...
just test to see how many you need then stuper glue them together and you have an easier to deal with spacer
Id go the washer route personally. I dont know how many times i've droped the spacer while trying to reinstall the alt... you have to give it a few taps with a hammer just to get the spacer in let alone trying to get the bolt on afterwards... the 5-6 washers should do the trick and they wont be as much of a pain to get in...
just test to see how many you need then stuper glue them together and you have an easier to deal with spacer
#11
Rotary Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Millville, NJ
Posts: 1,424
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
If you don't have the spacer, theres a gap between the bracket and the alternator and it will be loose. I've had mine fall out the first time I took off my alternator, but once you know it's there, it isn't a problem.
#12
Lives on the Forum
You'll also break off the "ear" of the alt body if you torque her down without some form of spacer in there...Get that one on video to share with the rest of us, lol...
#13
Lean Mean Speed Thingie
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Moscow, ID
Posts: 1,102
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
guess ill revive this one, but damn, im in the same situation...i just went out and bought a steel spacer, is the stock one nylon or what??? and it goes towards the front of the car between the bracket right?
and for future reference the water pump on the series 5 has a larger spot for the alternator to go onto, so no need for a spacer. (i checked it out on a spare engine)
and if you guys think you've lost bolts....HOLY ****. This is what i get for taking the engine out a year and a half ago, and putting it together now LOL.
its ridiculous
and for future reference the water pump on the series 5 has a larger spot for the alternator to go onto, so no need for a spacer. (i checked it out on a spare engine)
and if you guys think you've lost bolts....HOLY ****. This is what i get for taking the engine out a year and a half ago, and putting it together now LOL.
its ridiculous
#14
Lives on the Forum
It needs to be metal- it helps the alternator ground to the engine structure...
Mine, at least, goes towards the back of the alt...
Lol, got lots of "spare parts"?
Mine, at least, goes towards the back of the alt...
Lol, got lots of "spare parts"?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
The1Sun
1st Generation Specific (1979-1985)
0
09-07-15 10:21 PM
rx8volks
Canadian Forum
0
09-01-15 10:46 PM