Alternator disection

[red94fiveo]

I'm currently painting just about everything in my engine bay black, and I want to do my alternator next. My plan is to simply take it apart and paint the shell, and then put it back together, anything I should be aware of when doing this? Is there any electrical stuff that will be ruined if I take it apart? Thanks.

 

[94GTLaserRC]

Sorry, I dont know the answer to this, but I want to chrome mine, so Im subscribing to this thread...

ANYONE???
RC

 

[Dan95-5.0]

i was in the same boat as you except i wanted to polish mine. take a look at this thread that i started.

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=406311

rickmazurek in that post has done it. read his posts in that link

 

[PRO50SC]

There are springs and brushes inside the alternator that ride on the stator. You have to be very careful when disassembling and reassembling this part. Otherwise when you get it back together it won't charge.

 

[red94fiveo]

Update: Took the alternator apart today to see what I would be dealing with. It came apart fairly easily, I was real careful not to hurt any of the internals. I marked both pieces so I will reassemble them in the same place and took some sort of a sensor looking thing with two small metals bars sticking out off (I'm really bad with electrical stuff, sorry 'bout the terminology). I'll let everyone know how its goes after its painted and try to provide a few pics.

 

[PRO50SC]

If all you're doing is painting it, what was the need to take it apart
The paint won't hurt the internals.

 

[RIO5.0]

RC...Couple months back Summit had the Chrome cases for 59.00 or so...Just reassy your internals in their case...They have them couple times a year in the catalogs...I thinks i stashed the number somewhere???

 

[Dan95-5.0]

RC...Couple months back Summit had the Chrome cases for 59.00 or so...Just reassy your internals in their case...They have them couple times a year in the catalogs...I thinks i stashed the number somewhere???

that would be pretty sweet. better off then polishing mine.

 

[red94fiveo]

If all you're doing is painting it, what was the need to take it apart
The paint won't hurt the internals.

I wasn't sure if paint would harn the internals or not so I took it apart just to be on the safe side. Of course if it doesn't work when I put it back together that strategy will have backfired.

BTW - I wanted to go over the case with a wire buffing wheel first just to clean it up a little bit, so I didn't want any extra dirt of metallic dust getting in there either.