[Healeys] Maybe this is my rattle ...

[Bob Spidell]

Our BN2/100M's generator bracket was stress cracked in the same way /location on both 'ears.' We welded up the cracks and it's holding so far. It is my understanding this is a known failure point on the BN1/2s. That's why Denis Welch sells a plastic(?) replacement--it better absorbs the vibrations. 

Yours could be welded, probably with several passes with a MIG. You'd want to bevel the edges of the crack, and make sure you got the alignment correct. But, then again, it might just be easier to order a new one--last I checked they're about $80US. 

bs 

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Bob Spidell - San Jose, CA 



Are the generator brackets prone to breaking? 

I ask because I just discovered that mine is broken on the front ear and I 
see, in a preliminary search, that used ones are available as well as aluminum 
'heavy duty' ones. It seems strange to me that this would break in this 
manner, so I'm asking ... Normally, I would prefer a used original part to a 
repro, for a part of this nature but not if it's going to break like this 
again. 

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Robert Duquette 
Ottawa ON Canada 
1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project ) 
1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple ) 
1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen ) 


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