Nick wrote:
> 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.

so where would you put the a/c and the power steering pump?

> 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/
>