Noah
Well Known Member
Took off my 60A Plane Power Alternator to inspect the brushes since I've gone over 500 hrs in the past year. Plenty of meat left on the brushes but I found this:
Anybody seen this sort of elongated mounting hole? This is the upper bolt hole which swivels to allow belt to be tensioned by tightening lower bolt. Not sure of the cause, I have checked and adjusted belt tension at every annual, bearings are good, haven't had any problems with this alternator.
How about a repair? I was thinking of boring oversize and making a bronze bushing. Or is there a better way?
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Anybody seen this sort of elongated mounting hole? This is the upper bolt hole which swivels to allow belt to be tensioned by tightening lower bolt. Not sure of the cause, I have checked and adjusted belt tension at every annual, bearings are good, haven't had any problems with this alternator.
How about a repair? I was thinking of boring oversize and making a bronze bushing. Or is there a better way?