I was inspired by this post from George to invent what I think is a slightly clever way to secure the safety wire for the two bolts on the alternator tension arm.
I drilled a couple of #30 holes in the meaty part of the arm, and grabbed some #4 steel tinnerman washers and 1/8" steel pop rivets:
When riveted to the arm, the washer sits just high enough above the surface to capture a loop of safety wire. Now the wire bears on the steel pop rivet stem, and doesn't dig a groove in the alternator arm:
The finished product:
happy building,
mcb
I drilled a couple of #30 holes in the meaty part of the arm, and grabbed some #4 steel tinnerman washers and 1/8" steel pop rivets:
![20080503_alternator_arm2.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rv7blog.com%2Fimages%2F20080503_alternator_arm2.jpg&hash=8e60769c96485272e50e2870a5aad400)
When riveted to the arm, the washer sits just high enough above the surface to capture a loop of safety wire. Now the wire bears on the steel pop rivet stem, and doesn't dig a groove in the alternator arm:
![20080503_alternator_arm3.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rv7blog.com%2Fimages%2F20080503_alternator_arm3.jpg&hash=ee9e108c83e01393baebd2e1c837caf3)
The finished product:
![20080503_alternator_arm7.jpg](/community/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rv7blog.com%2Fimages%2F20080503_alternator_arm7.jpg&hash=5d50d3c4fc63d49d33b5deef51dfd950)
happy building,
mcb
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