Re: Accord 91 Alternator job

Terry, sounds good to me. Have you a maintenance schedule
that seems to have been effective you for your cars'
alternators? Like replace brushes and bearings every 100k
miles/7 years? Replace battery every five years?

"T L via CarKB.com" <u10197@uwe> wrote
> My theory on alternators is that little components wearing
down can lead to
> primary failure of expensive parts.
>
> IE if you brushes wear down, they will cause voltage
fluctuations which are
> hard on the regulator. So if you leave it too long,
brushes wearing down
> could cause an imbalance and be responsible for the
regulator failure.
>
> OR
>
> My example of the output shaft bearing being shot, causing
the rotor to spin
> off center and dig into the stator assembly. Small part
leads to big failure.
>
>
> Also consider that pretty much any time you do an
alternator, if your battery
> is more than 3-4 years old, you might as well replace it,
cuz a bad battery
> can cause a new regulator to go bad.
>
> The alternator is not designed to charge a battery, and
its not designed to
> power a system that is being dragged down with a battery
that is not at full
> capacity.
>
> my two bits....
>
> Terry


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