<VV> rebuilding Alternator.. Was (fan mount bolts...)

[shortle]

I use just a small amount of wheel bearing grease. Key words: just a small amount. I would replace both front and rear bearings at the same time. And make sure you have the correct Corvair alternator fan as well as the correct alternator/oil filter adaptor plate.
Timothy Shortle in Durango Colorado 81301


-----Original Message-----
>From: Cash Case <cash.case at sbcglobal.net>
>Sent: Jun 23, 2012 9:21 AM
>To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>Subject: Re: <VV> rebuilding Alternator..  Was (fan mount bolts...)
>
>Cool!  Thanks everyone. I got the top on the motor.
>I just took the alternator apart and sure enough, the bearing on the 
>backend seems to feel a little rough.  So... I am rebuilding t he 
>alternator.
>I noticed that there is not much grease on the bearing back there.
>Should I add a little more and if so, is there a a specific type a 
>grease I should or shouldn't use?
>-Thanks -
>-Cash
>
>On 6/21/2012 2:17 PM, Sethracer at aol.com wrote:
>> In a message dated 6/21/2012 12:04:05 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>> kcvair at hotmail.com writes:
>>
>> The  engine is basically still good, but when I started stripping it down
>> some of  the bolts weren't much more than finger tight including the ones
>> holding the  engine top cover, so I'm sure that they work loose or were never
>> properly  tightened in the 1st place.  The bottom pan and valve covers were
>> the  same way.  The owner must have added quite a bit of oil over the  years.
>>   My winter project will be going through my '65 Corsa 140 and  tightening
>> bolts and replacing a number of gaskets that I know have been in  this car
>> since new.  Ken Clark
>>
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