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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I pulled apart the alternator that I had to remove, with much difficulty, from the 2056 after only a few thousand miles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And it was clear what had happened in there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I came in as a core, the slip rings were turned down but never even smoothed out, the back bearing was bad and apparently they couldn’t get it off,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>But the pushed the slip ring assy forward on the armature to the point that one of the brushes was only making contact on the edge of the slip ring, and to make matters even worse, the brushes still had the deep grooves in them from the original worn slip rings! So the bearing was never replaced, they messed up the slip rings and never replaced the brushes! ABSOLUTE JUNK!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So the moral of the story is, if it’s a starter motor, alternator, generator, maybe even a wiper motor if it’s a rebuild, TAKE IT APART and make sure all is right in there before you install it! You cant trust anything anymore.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I cut the bearing off, will clean up the slip rings and put new brushes and bearings in it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keith<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keith Park <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>