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Post by Telemachus on Jul 31, 2019 19:28:11 GMT
Black dust generally comes from the belt, although I suppose some might be the remains of the brushes. The only thing with replacing just the brushes, is that chances are the rest of it (slip rings, bearing etc) may be in their twilight years too.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2019 20:46:42 GMT
Black dust generally comes from the belt, although I suppose some might be the remains of the brushes. The only thing with replacing just the brushes, is that chances are the rest of it (slip rings, bearing etc) may be in their twilight years too. True, but often a new reg and brush pack will get you out the shit for not a lot of money, easy to change and take bugger all storage space so handy to have onboard something with a leggy alternator.
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Post by Telemachus on Jul 31, 2019 20:50:58 GMT
Black dust generally comes from the belt, although I suppose some might be the remains of the brushes. The only thing with replacing just the brushes, is that chances are the rest of it (slip rings, bearing etc) may be in their twilight years too. True, but often a new reg and brush pack will get you out the shit for not a lot of money, easy to change and take bugger all storage space so handy to have onboard something with a leggy alternator. Agreed but my point was that it should perhaps be considered a relatively short term measure.
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Post by JohnV on Aug 1, 2019 5:12:04 GMT
True, but often a new reg and brush pack will get you out the shit for not a lot of money, easy to change and take bugger all storage space so handy to have onboard something with a leggy alternator. Agreed but my point was that it should perhaps be considered a relatively short term measure. I would question that Nick. I used to have a spare time job doing alternator and starter re-cons. Even very high mileage units would usually have a fair bit of the brush length left and it was very unusual for slip rings to need replacing. (apart from ACR's) The faults, most common first, were front bearing (over tightening?) regulator, diodes/main diode pack, brushes. Even on the old ACR units where one of the brushes simply spins on a point and eventually "drills" through the tiny area of copper it works against, usually did not need replacing. (ACR style units also have very small brushes compared to the later types with a combined regulator/brush pack)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 18:43:06 GMT
Top man Gazza. ordered last Thursday, came today, just fitted it and all is back to normal, you can see how shot they were...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 18:44:13 GMT
Photo might help....
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 18:48:57 GMT
Top man Gazza. ordered last Thursday, came today, just fitted it and all is back to normal, you can see how shot they were... Sweet!! Usually all it takes to kick it back into life 👍🍻😁
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 18:49:45 GMT
True, but often a new reg and brush pack will get you out the shit for not a lot of money, easy to change and take bugger all storage space so handy to have onboard something with a leggy alternator. Agreed but my point was that it should perhaps be considered a relatively short term measure. You'd be very surprised just how long-term a short-term fix can be!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2019 18:50:53 GMT
Can go cruising this weekend now!
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Post by phil70 on Aug 5, 2019 19:11:29 GMT
Can go cruising this weekend now! That would do for me. Phil
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Post by patty on Aug 6, 2019 6:39:39 GMT
Can go cruising this weekend now! That would do for me. Phil and me
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