How-To: Replace An Alternator

Step 7: Reverse The Removal Steps

To complete the project just reverse the removal steps paying careful attention to belt routing and tensioning. Hell, even if you bought the set of Cross Force wrenches for the job you'd still be hundreds ahead of the cost of what a shop would charge -- and you get some new tools out of it. We can think of far worse outcomes.

Cross Force Wrenches

Comments

[anitcol]

Nanosec. Belt removal is just as forward as taking the alternator off. All cars have a small diagram on how the belt should be. Great instructions!

[nanosec]

This is one of the things I'm glad I came across. There will be a day when an alternator fails on me and this instructable will come to mind if I really want to do it myself. Thanks very much. I know it sounds silly, but this sounds like a pretty straightforward job, compared to what i thought it was before I read the instructable, the only thing that sounds worrysome is the belt removal.