No complaints or anything. Took care of grinding down the alternator bracket 2 days ago. Piece of cake. What they don't tell you , is that you also have to grind down the upper portion of the bracket where the upper bolt goes in. The bottom end side must be ground down otherwise the alt will hit the end of the bracket. Doesn't take much. But I just thought I would tell those of you who haven't performed this upgrade just yet. The alt fits nicely now. The only thing that bugs me a little is that the upper bolt isn't totally snug in the bracket. I know tightening the bolt fixes this, but due to the amount of movement ( because the bolt diameter is much smaller than the original bracket bolt hole) Side to side movement occurs, and a lot of it. Even though tightening fixes this, will there be a problem later on? What I mean is, could the alt slowly shift out of place causing a slight misalignment on the belt making it eat up the belt? I thought about some kind of bolt sleeve, like the lower bolt has. But I'm not sure if it is necessary. Thanks. I will upload pictures later sometime.
Oh yeah, if you do this, I used a dremel tool with the cutoff wheels and sanding drums. Don't try to use the grinder bits because even at high RPM, all they do is clog up with aluminum and it doesn't seem to work all that well.
Oh yeah, if you do this, I used a dremel tool with the cutoff wheels and sanding drums. Don't try to use the grinder bits because even at high RPM, all they do is clog up with aluminum and it doesn't seem to work all that well.