Installing repair kits in GM alternator

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Ed - 27 Apr 2006 00:16 GMT

AutoZone (and I expect other auto parts stores) sells kits for GM
alternators. The one
for my 95 Park Ave Ultra includes a couple electronic modules (not
discrete diodes),
brushes, two bearings and some miscellaneous other stuff. Has anyone
here installed such
a kit? How difficult is it? Does it require a press or puller of some
kind to get the thing
apart and back together? BTW, the kit is $35, the rebuilt alternator
is $150.

TIA

Ed

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Tim or Linda - 27 Apr 2006 01:55 GMT

Years ago I replaced a diode in an alternator, it was not a hard job to do
but I have tools for it. I would wonder how it would be to replace the
bearings.

> AutoZone (and I expect other auto parts stores) sells kits for GM
> alternators. The one
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> Ed

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HLS@nospam.nix - 27 Apr 2006 14:11 GMT

> Years ago I replaced a diode in an alternator, it was not a hard job to do
> but I have tools for it. I would wonder how it would be to replace the
> bearings.

I have replaced bearings in older GM alternators with ordinary hand tools
without a problem. I have replaced diode plates, but never a single diode
IN a diode plate.

I don't know anything about Autozone parts kits for these. I always bought
OEM alternator repair parts at a local parts store that carried them.

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Ed - 27 Apr 2006 19:52 GMT

Look at what I found!

http://www.alternatorparts.com/

This seems to be a very thorough step-by-step process for rebuilding
the GM CS 130 alternator.
Clearly a lot more work than slapping a new one on, but not impossible
for a well equipped
DIYer with time on his hands. Hmmm...

Ed

> Has anyone here installed such
> a kit? How difficult is it? Does it require a press or puller of
> some kind to get the thing
> apart and back together?

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Rich B - 27 Apr 2006 21:29 GMT

A few years ago, I bought an Iceberg conversion kit from Summitt for a
CS130 alternator. It was very involved but the end product was worth it
because the kit contained a new rear case with an oversized bearing (one
of the CS130's weak points) and cooling fins. It also upped the output
to 140 amps.

Group: alt.autos.gm Date: Thu, Apr 27, 2006, 6:52pm (EDT+4) From:
jag_manR__EM*-0_V_E653@hotmail.com (Ed)
Look at what I found!
http://www.alternatorparts.com/
This seems to be a very thorough step-by-step process for rebuilding the
GM CS 130 alternator.
Clearly a lot more work than slapping a new one on, but not impossible
for a well equipped
DIYer with time on his hands. Hmmm...
Ed
"Ed"

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Has anyone here installed such
a kit? How difficult is it? Does it require a press or puller of some
kind to get the thing
apart and back together?

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William H. Bowen - 28 Apr 2006 10:55 GMT

Ed,

Thanks for the URL: a lot of good info there.

Regards,
Bill Bowen
Sacramento, CA

>Look at what I found!
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>> some kind to get the thing
>> apart and back together?

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