Ok so I decided to ditch the serpentine belt I had put on the car when I switched to a 200amp alternator that has smaller pulley BEFORE I fix up my alternator.
I'm fairly certain the belt caused the alternator bearings to fail prematurely (right now unless the A/C is on alternator is making ALOT of noise!) as the belt on there since 200amp alternator addition was over an 1" smaller then stock belt when the pulley was only 0.2" smaller in diameter then stock alternator pulley...anyways went and got a belt thats only a quarter inch smaller then stock belt length and now my question is...
Can someone PLEASE recommend somewhere to get new QUALITY bearings for my alternator??? as I see many little kits out there and obviously I assume ebay is DEF a bad choice but I'd like to get a nice quality set if possible
And if I studied up on CS144 alternators correctly it looks like I need a front bearing and then a rear needle bearing as well as a race?
Thanks for any help!!!
I'm fairly certain the belt caused the alternator bearings to fail prematurely (right now unless the A/C is on alternator is making ALOT of noise!) as the belt on there since 200amp alternator addition was over an 1" smaller then stock belt when the pulley was only 0.2" smaller in diameter then stock alternator pulley...anyways went and got a belt thats only a quarter inch smaller then stock belt length and now my question is...
Can someone PLEASE recommend somewhere to get new QUALITY bearings for my alternator??? as I see many little kits out there and obviously I assume ebay is DEF a bad choice but I'd like to get a nice quality set if possible
And if I studied up on CS144 alternators correctly it looks like I need a front bearing and then a rear needle bearing as well as a race?
Thanks for any help!!!