Subject: Re: Generator mount decision time
Author: Bruce Giller
Date: Sep 25, 2002, 6:26 AM
Post ID: 1711081298
I just put in some automotive studs to replace the two bolts that hold
the generator bracket to the block. Plus a bit of blue Locktite. These
studs aren't under a lot of stress - the reason to replace them with
studs, is to reduce the wear and tear on the aluminum threads in the
block when removing the steel bolts.
Guzziology has a suggestion of welding a support arm that is welded to
the gen. bracket and bolted to the forward hold-down bolt of the
distributor tower. These arm counteracts the downward pull of the gen.
pulley and prevents cracking the gen. bracket; I put one on my gen.
bracket. My bracket is also broken and has been rewelded by the PO.
Bruce
'72 Eldo
Fred Sahms wrote:
I need to make a decision on what to do regarding attaching the generator bracket to the block. The motor and transmission are ready to drop into the frame, and it'll be easier to do beforehand. The threaded holes in the block are fine, and I have one unbroken stock bracket and one bracket that was cracked at the front hole and that's been repaired by welding in a piece of hot-rolled steel plate, doubling the thickness of the bottom plate of the mount. Should I locktight in some studs and use nylock nuts, and if so, would 10.9 grade studs (sawed off bolts) be better than 8.8?e |