Louzsy Foreign Made Alternator Bearings

[ittlfly]

The short story is that I had to pull my alternator last Feb because of flickering dash lights. Bad diode. I had the guy R&R everything including the bearings. I did the job without pulling the plenum.

Fast forward to yesterday when after a run into town, the damn thing began to squeal. So I spent this morning pulling it out again. The alternator is at the shop right now and supposed to be back to me by tonight with a second set of new bearings.

The shop mechanic said that he can't get any bearings for alt except overseas. If true, this foreign crap is just that. The upside, if any, is that I'm getting pretty good at pulling the alt without removing the plenum. I'ts still a b*tch though.

[sammy]

i just bought a motorcraft reduild 3 yrs ago from kragens for 148. other than the engine getting a rash from the ford product it has worked perfect

[Kevin]

it's getting harder and harder to find any us made parts. forget about rotors, all foreign made it seems

[ittlfly]

FWIW..... Got that bad boy back in the car last night. The Z is back to its good old self....it was the bearing(s) that were making all the racket.
They must have had all of 400 miles on them before they went south. I hope these last longer than 5 months as that bolt on the back of the alternator is a b*tch to R&R.

[rhipsher]

I've suspected the same thing with the one I bought from oriellys. My dash lights will get dim then bright in one area and dim in another. Its like that game Simon says. It didn't do that until that alternator.

[ittlfly]

Originally Posted by rhipsher

I've suspected the same thing with the one I bought from oriellys. My dash lights will get dim then bright in one area and dim in another. Its like that game Simon says. It didn't do that until that alternator.

Yep...that can be a tell tale sign of a alternator problem. Mine was doing that exact same thing while idling at a stop light. Very noticiable even in broad day light.

[FU]

There is a part number on the At. bearring . Look at it.. It is very specific for that bearing,. Locate that number. Then get a SKF bearing or similar USA made bearing. They are very inexpensive. Make sure that the bearing number is the exact same seald bearing as the original. Then get the bearing pressed in properly. It's easy as all hell. End of problem.
It's the number that you will be looking for. If you have any trouble finding the number or bearing PM me.

[ittlfly]

Originally Posted by FU2

There is a part number on the At. bearring . Look at it.. It is very specific for that bearing,. Locate that number. Then get a SKF bearing or similar USA made bearing. They are very inexpensive. Make sure that the bearing number is the exact same seald bearing as the original. Then get the bearing pressed in properly. It's easy as all hell. End of problem.
It's the number that you will be looking for. If you have any trouble finding the number or bearing PM me.

Frank, thanks for the info. That is exactly what I'll do if it takes a dump again.