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/
>
>


Did I mention why my cutoff date for Honda(s) is 1983 where the
alternator replacement is a whopping fifteen minutes or so...

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JT