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maireeka · Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 299 Location: North Alabama

OK, I replaced my alternator belt (don't ask how) and now it's too loose. I get squealie noises when shifting sometimes, also when revving. The problem is, I can't get to the bolt on the bracket the alternator is attached to. I can get a socket onto the nut that faces rearward, but there's a bolt which faces forward that has to be grabbed for the aforementioned nut to be tightened, and I don't see a way to get to it.

I know that everyone here has probably replaced the alternator v-belt, and I was wondering if someone could explain to me AS IF IM COMPLETELY STUPID how to reach and tighten both sides of the bolt on that bracket. I believe that there are some things I may be able to remove, I'm going to go at it tomorrow probably.

patrick
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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2745 Location: Sydney, Australia

Patrick

if you think the NA alternator is fun, try the NA starter motor.

It's a very long time since I've replaced an alternator but I remember that you have to do some or the work from under the car which will mean removing the skid plates if you still have those.

Have you tried attacking your alternator from above and below?
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maireeka · Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 299 Location: North Alabama

I went underneath, that's how I got to the first nut I mentioned.

Don't laugh,,, but what's a skid plate?
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Smoothie · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:22 pm Post subject:

..Oh - sorry.

If you don't have one, then that explains why you don't know what it is and if there was nothing stopping you from reaching the alternator from below, then you don't have one. It's just a thin alumin[i]um sheet metal piece that covers the bottom of the engine from the radiator area back to the cross-member.
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maireeka · Joined: 29 Aug 2004 Posts: 299 Location: North Alabama

As a matter of fact, I DO have one! Maybe all I need to do is take the thing off to reach it!!

Can I leave it off when I'm done, in the interests of power to wieght ratio?

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Smoothie · Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 1:57 pm Post subject:

You're at least a little better-off reinstalling it when you're done because it helps to direct air higher-up in the engine compartment for cooling and keeps cats and their tails out of your belts. It weights next to nothing, so no you can't remove it in the interests of power to weight

- but mine's been off for roughly 10 years now in the interests of it no longer fitting once I changed the front stabilizer bar. Its' being gone hasn't caused me any overheating and luckily none of the neighborhood cats have been "de-tailed".
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"..it's made in Germany. You know the Germans always make good stuff."

'82 924T, US version, dark green metallic, 5 speed Audi 016G gearbox