Thread: Broken Alternator Bracket RRC

I have the alternator bracket setup that Lotz-A-landies posted ... It is mostly straight with a slight turn in it
It is bolted to the water pump in front of the Dizzy

I found that the fan belt for the Alternator to be VERY fussy in size .. Had to be spot on diameter ...+ or - 5mm and it could not be fitted correctly

So I cut and lengthened the bracket 20mm so I could get more adjustment ... solves the problem of the "Gotta be that size belt or nothing"

Mike

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day Lotz-A-Landies
... Yes, I think that a new alternator bracket will be on the shopping list in the near future, just got to work through the vehicle one bit at a time.

I love the location of your battery earth cable attached to the alternator, I gather that you have dual batteries.

cheers

Uncle Ho

I don't know whether the bracket on mine is the genuine bracket or as I suspect a reinforced one that Graeme has in stock, my thoughts is that it is the latter. What I remember is that they didn't last very long in the early days. The angled part that you mentioned is in fact a reinforcing/stablising element of the bracket and one of the aspects that reminds me that it is an after-market reinforced bracket.

You will notice that my alternator is also Bosch with the tacho tap added, and also that the alternator adjustment bar has been cut and extended to suit the Bosch unit on the reinforced bracket.

Yes I do have dual batteries and that is the earth for the second battery.

Diana

G'day Pomonastic

I think that you may be in the wrong thread here and your post should be in "RRC Power Steering Hoses" by Brick


cheers

G'day Folks

Just a quick update on the Alternator Bracket well, got it off after semi-removing the PS pump, only to find that the lower mounting bolt inaccessable because it is fitted with extractors, and the forward exhaust flange is just profile cut and overlaps the access space needed to get a 9/16th socket in to it,so, with a little help from a 4"grinder and a thin cutting disc, and a supercheap "superworks" dremmel type tool with a die-grinder tip, Wallah! one relieved exhaust flange so with a 9/16thAF socket and a 12inch extension broken bit out ready for re-welding, then on checking the inner mounting hole where the missing bolt is,bolt hasn't left home, only the head and 1/8inch of it,the rest is still in the head so I now have to remove the fan shroud and the viscous fan, so I can get a drill into the bolt to drill and "easyout it" out it is a grade 5 bolt

My sincere thanks to Incisor for welding the bracket for me,as it now should be as strong as, or close to it as the original bracket was.and for his advice on removal of the fan unit if it is fine tomorrow I will have another go at it

cheers