Subject: RE: Arrgghh generator backet cracked
Author: David Whalen
Date: May 21, 2002, 6:13 AM
Post ID: 1710294034
My bracket has been broken for years. I guess it's
broken in a good place. It works and doesn't rattle.
Knock on wood. I remember the generator brackets on
Corvairs used to always break. Sometimes a
strategically placed two by four would help.
dw
--- murp-@aol.com wrote:
| Fred, This thread has been a revelation for me. I finished putting my Eldo together last fall, and since then I have noticed a type of knocking sound coming from the engine, which stopped after the engine was warm. I also have a T3 and have never noticed any noise from that engine. I had thought that something in the engine was assembled incorrectly, and it really bothered me. I was having nightmares about a loose bolt on the big end of a connecting rod, which would come loose and cause my expensively rebuilt engine to disintegrate. After reading the first post on this subject I realized what my problem was. I inspected the generator and noticed that there was virtually no clearance between the engine case and the generator pulley. After removing the generator and bracket, I noticed that the forward engine 'web' to which the the front of the bracket is bolted had worn a groove in the bottom of the bracket, probably caused by an over-tight generator belt. I cut a piece of thin aluminum (from a Heineken beer can) which I put under the bracket to provide more clearance for the generator. I also shimmed the part where the locating stud is, using some soft plastic (I thought this would work better than rubber). Although I will not test the fix till tomorrow, I feel confident that the rattle and knock will be cured. I will report back if it is not. Brian M. '74 Eldo '78 T3 Fred Sahms wrote:
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