Philip,
this is indeed standard practice!
An air impact wrench would be the most painless way to get it off.
If you want to, you could put some Loctite on the shaft before you put the
nut on. I didn't...
Ulix
On Mon, 17 Aug 1998, Philip Hubbard wrote:
> Ok, I picked up my rebuilt Lucas alternator from the parts store today, but
> hit a snag. Seems the fan/pulley portion did not come with the alternator
> and I was to use my old one. Fine, I'm alright with that. But the guys at
> the parts store could not get it off for me saying someone would have to
> use a high impact air ratchet.
>
> Well, I was surprised to find out that I wasn't just trading one whole
> alternator for another, but the counter guy said that the listing in the
> book specifically states how there were different pulleys for different
> applications so the alternator was not to be sold with a fan/pulley.
>
> Now it seems up to me to get the thing off and return my core for the
> credit. Looking at my old alternator it appears that there was a hard
> putty-like filler used to "lock" the nut on. I've scraped away as much of
> that as I can and am now soaking with liquid wrench.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) are the parts guys giving me the real story?
> 2) is my method of removing the fan the right way to go?
> 3) should I (and how if yes) reseal the nut on the new alternator once I
> get it off the old one?
>
> Any advice is =much= appreciated.
>
> Philip
>
>
> 1974 Damask Midget - Arioch, Lord of Chaos
>
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