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Alt replacement-it ain't as easy as you think when the bolyts are rusted solid. 200

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posted by  Art Benstein on  Sun May 1 15:47 CST 2005
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Had to look up Silver Surfer but the image was even funnier without the drawing.

Like you, I've tired of giving the hairy eyeball to those "lifetime" reman parts set on the counter. You are supposed to take them out of the box to see if it matches your part, but instead you need to inspect it for being properly and completely assembled. This always leads to my rant on the economics of the reman industry, but that hasn't changed in the 35 years I've been buying auto parts. I remember being so disgusted with a starter, I brought tools with me to check out the next one, in hopes of saving me a third trip.

That 740 alternator I mentioned snagging so easily at the junkyard, was mainly for the housing, which had egged out around the pivot bolt, which itself was only a skinny replica of its original self -- almost the opposite of the trouble you had. Rusty at RPR sent me a new pivot bolt on that one.
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Art Benstein near Baltimore






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