Re: Alternator

Zog The Undeniable <hrothgar19@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> XS11E wrote:
>
>> If that's all that was needed, why would you need to watch out
>> for them?
>>
> When they're sold for the same price as the ones with new bearings
> and rewound coils.

I'd much prefer the old bearings if they're good, the most catastrophic
bearing failures I've had, the kind that explode the outer race and
case, are from new bearings.

As for the rewound coils, I'd rather not if the old coils are good,
rewound coils are difficult to do correctly and the chance of failure
is high.



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