Now you know when I have posted in the past saying the alternator was
a PITA to do. There was absolutely no need to place that component in
that location, they should have been able to get it in front like the
Accord of that year. I'm curious, were you able to get the spindle nut
off with your impact gun? If so what's the model...I may invest in
one. I had to use a torch to get mine off and that was after 3 tries!


Nick

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:46:14 +0000 (UTC), Tegger >
wrote:

>Did I ever tell you aftermarket sucks?
>
>Through no fault of my own, I ended up with two aftermarket reman
>alternators (NAPA), both of which failed very quickly. This time I said
>screw the aftermarket warranty, bit the bullet and bought a genuine Honda
>reman.
>
>And this one I installed...myself. First time for this type of project.
>
>I can now say, with total confidence, that there is absolutely NO way of
>removing the alternator in the 1991 Integra without first removing the left
>driveshaft AND the alternator's lower bracket.
>
>As with my suspension repairs, I found my electric impact gun and my
>balljoint tool to be worth their weight in gold. With them, the job was a
>piece of cake. Without them I don't think the job would have been possible.
>The spindle nut is torqued to 134 ft lbs, and requires at least twice that
>to remove.
>
>The factory manual wants you to remove the damper fork entirely. I wonder
>why, as the entire driveshaft was easily removable through the fork without
>even removing the pinch bolt. Perhaps my (aftermarket) inner CV joints are
>smaller in diameter than the OEMs were.
>
>The patient is resting comfortably, as is the surgeon.
>
>Pics he
>http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/alt_replacement/