Tegger replaces his alternator

Matt Ion > wrote in
news:_DzMh.49891$DN.15066@pd7urf2no:

> Tegger wrote:
>> I finally got around to trying to find out why the crappy aftermarket
>> alternator I recently removed went bad.
>>
>> First thing I did was pull the rear cover and the brush holder.
>> Well, guess what I found?
>>
>> Check out these slip rings:
>> <http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/...ad_alt_slip-ri
>> ngs.jpg> See the inner ring? It was rough like sandpaper.
>>
>> And now the brushes:
>> <http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/misc/...ad_alt_brushes
>> .jpg> Look at the short one. That's the one that was riding on
>> the inner slip ring. It wore down below spec just five months after
>> installation.
>>
>> I wonder what else was bad on that alt.
>>
>> Don't ever buy aftermarket ****.
>
> That's just brutal.
>
> I'd take it back to where you got it and drop it on someone's foot.
>


What puzzles me more than anything is what (if anything) was going through
the mind of the hillbilly that let that one past a basic quality check.

There is NO way that assembly should have been reused, and the fact that it
did is a condemnation of aftermarket parts in general. Keep in mind this
was my SECOND aftermarket alternator. The first one also failed early, but
I didn't get a chance to find out why.

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Tegger

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