Alternator Bracket
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Alright so i bought my car a while ago and with some messed up stuff my mom took it back for a month but i bought it off of her. When i got it back the power stearing was out and i didnt understand why but then i realized that there was no belt on the alternator so i went and got the replacement belt and when i was loosing the alternator so that i could move it in to get the belt on the bolt broke. Then i got it towed to a garage near me and they want $460 to fix it. So i am just going to go buy a new alternator. Any words of wisdom on how this is going to work or the easiest way to put a new one in and a new bracket. If you could help i would really appreciate it.
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it's easy, go in from under the car on jack stands. feed the belt into place before you tighten everything down.
and how in the hell was it missing an alternator belt? a car will not run without one (alternator).
and how in the hell was it missing an alternator belt? a car will not run without one (alternator).
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woah o_O they want $460 to put a new belt on or replace the bolt? I'm confused. Do you mean the bolt that goes through the top bracket into the alternator? because if tahts the one just take it to an auto store and say I need this. Or even a hardware store. There are 2 bolts the I call the tension bolts, the ones that hold the alternator to the top bracket. Then there is the bottom bolt which webtech calls the support bolt. Its what the alternator swings on.
If you got far enough as to try and tighten it yourself you probably know what you are doing and the alternator is really easy on our cars, you just have to take out the oil filter.
A "new" alternator is $169 after the $90 core cahrge where I am. "new" means you can only buy remans these days. If you only need a bolt... don't go out for a whole new alternator.
If you got far enough as to try and tighten it yourself you probably know what you are doing and the alternator is really easy on our cars, you just have to take out the oil filter.
A "new" alternator is $169 after the $90 core cahrge where I am. "new" means you can only buy remans these days. If you only need a bolt... don't go out for a whole new alternator.