mattdaniels Posted October 18, 2014 Report Posted October 18, 2014 Hey folks, driving home the other day and the battery warning comes on...ho hum, new alternator I think.... Apparently that's ok, BUT both the brackets and the lower mount bolt have completely shattered and the alternator is flapping about in the engine bay!!!The only reason it didn't make a bid for freedom via the bonnet is the fact that the belt slipped behind the pulley and held the thing down. Both the brackets outlined in the pic attached have shattered on my car..... I guess it must have been progressive as the engine runs so it didn't seize up and break them that way....Anyone else had something this extreme happen to them? I will get a pic of the actual damaged bits up once it stops raining...in the meantime the pic gives an idea of what's broken and if anyone knows anyone who has replacements for me I'd appreciate hearing about it, ebay folks go strangely quiet once I send them the pic....can they really be so hard to get out / replace?Any input welcome, I'm scratching my head here.... Quote
insanitybeard Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) The lower (aluminium?) bracket you've outlined green looks like it shouldn't be too bad to change but the upper cast iron one you've highlighted red looks like it also provides support to the fuel pump, if that's busted then (at least as well as I can tell from your picture) that'll involve fuel pump- and therefore timing belt removal to replace unfortunately. The other thing you need to establish is why it happened in the first place- something must have seized or let go quite spectacularly for the mounts to break. Edited October 20, 2014 by insanitybeard Quote
chromedome Posted October 20, 2014 Report Posted October 20, 2014 Have you got a/c. Possible compressor seized? Quote
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