Hey everyone, I'm trying to get my original alternator off, the top bolt is frozen in the head, I've tried pb blaster, but since the bolt is covered by the spacer I don't think it's getting to where it should be, any tricks to getting the bolt out without breaking it? Thanks!
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If you snap the head off you can then remove the alt and get a pipe wrench or vice grip on the broken bolt with penetrating oil on the threads at the block. I have often found the bolts are corroded solid to the aluminum spacers or alt itself and are not seized into the iron block.Comment
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When I loosen the bottom bolt the alternator swivels, back and forth, so it seems the bolt is not seized to the spacer or alternator itself, but seized in the head, so I'm afraid of it snapping flush to the head.Comment
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After thinking about it, if the alt. Swivels then it could be seized in the spacer, I hope it is and not the head.Comment
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Just watch the head of the bolt. If it moves when you swivel the alternator then it's the spacer. If not then it's the bolt.
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Heat the block with a torch then ice down the alternator/ spacer.Comment
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I got it off, I had to cut through the alternator and bolt. Now, i want to replace my 3 belts, it looks complicated, the work shop manual is no help, is there an easy way to find out how to replace the engine belts? Thanks!Comment
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Take pictures before you start. Start with the outside belt, find the corresponding accessory that has an adjuster and take the tension off, then remove the belt. Proceed to the second, then the third. Use the opposite sequence to reinstall.Comment
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JohnJohn Pizzi - Squarebirds Administrator
Thunderbird Registry #36223
jopizz@squarebirds.org 856-779-9695
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Ok, I got the power steering loose, that one was easy. I am trying to loosen the idler for the compressor belt, I sprayed the idler adjusting bolt with pb blaster, when I tried to loosen it, it didn't feel right and I couldn't see the a backside of the bolt turning, so I was afraid it was going to snap, so I soaked it with blaster and I will wait till tomorrow to proceed, if I attempt to use heat, should I heat up the back of the bolt and not the head? Thanks!Comment
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