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Oct 9, 2013 | 06:41 PM

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Anyone disassemble alternator to paint shell?

Ive got a junk yard alternator for my build that works just fine, but the shell is horribly oxidized. Thinking about disassembling the two halves to see if I can sand and paint the shell so that it doesnt look like crap. Anyone have experience with this?

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Oct 9, 2013 | 09:52 PM

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One thing i do know is you cant do it while it is together or it will fail. I know from experience.

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Oct 10, 2013 | 06:06 AM

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Haha....yea I know....I thought I had seen a thread on here where someone took one apart and actually polished the case.

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AFAIK, you have to desolder some electrical connections on the rear of the case to get it apart.

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Yes ive done one. Its fairly simple. Take off nut and pulley, seperate both halves, you will have to take out the brushes and stator and unsolder 4 joints from the lugs. Then its paint and reassmbley.

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Yes ive done one. Its fairly simple. Take off nut and pulley, seperate both halves, you will have to take out the brushes and stator and unsolder 4 joints from the lugs. Then its paint and reassmbley.

awesome, thanks!

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