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Alternator (or the belt) still squealing.
09 Jan 2015 18:50 #134682
by facade
Hot is because it is slipping.
If it slips when tight then the grooves in the pulleys are the wrong shape for the belt, or the alternator is seizing.
The pulley gets pretty hot too.
Apparently common with old age for the alternator stator to fall apart and jam the rotor, although I'd never encountered it before, that s what the guy at the autoelectricians told me was wrong with mine, you could unseize it by turning it backwards, then it would spin fine until you put it back on the car...
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Alternator (or the belt) still squealing.
The Dug wrote: [( and VERY hot)
Hot is because it is slipping.
If it slips when tight then the grooves in the pulleys are the wrong shape for the belt, or the alternator is seizing.
The pulley gets pretty hot too.
Apparently common with old age for the alternator stator to fall apart and jam the rotor, although I'd never encountered it before, that s what the guy at the autoelectricians told me was wrong with mine, you could unseize it by turning it backwards, then it would spin fine until you put it back on the car...
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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