anyone care to explain the steps of disassembling the alternator (for polishing/cleaning)

i tried, but the damn thing got the best of me

i'm sure someone has done this...

 

where did you get stuck...

did you already get his far?

- remove the big pully bolt and pully
- remove the 4 bolts that hold the shell together
- carefully pull the front shell away from the rest

let me know if you got this far, or where you got stuck

 

okay, maybe that's it, pull the big pully bolt? how did you hold the pulley still? with it on the car?

i was thinking there might be another bolt on the back casing, and that i wasn't doing something right

 

ahh yes, the big pulley bolt...i had to use a impact wrench to get it off

if you dont have an impact wrench, take the alternator to a local shop (tires plus, or whatever) and they will spin it right off with one of there high power impact wrenches

 

well, so the pulley doesn't spin when you turn the nut? if so, that's kewl, i can have that done

 

i just stuck a screw driver down in there to keep it from spinning

 

sounds dangerous

 

I do not suggest the screw driver deal, i tried and bent a fin and a bolt, just get an impact wrench to take it off

 

no, the pully DOES spin, that is why you need an impact wrench, it will take it off even though the pulley spins because of the way an impact wrench works