[Ivan80]

Originally Posted by concretejungle

any tips on "tapping" in the bushing? I got my alternator installed today, but there was no way in hell it would fit in the pivot bracket with the belts on to do the "tip in" with that bushing being slightly petruding inward. Hope that makes since. In other words, i had to tap the alternator in straight with a brass drift just to get it into the pivot bracket. With the belts on, i couldn't even get it started into the bracket.

So i got out my little brass drifts and there just isn't any room to swing a hammer in there to try and tap the bushing in. I gave up for tonight, but i'm almost there.

CJ, Try this from my earlier post.

Originally Posted by Ivan80

I took a socket large enough to fit over the bushing from the front, and stuck a bolt through it from the front. Put a washer and nut on from the back side of the bushing and tightened the bolt head until the nut pulled the bushing flush to the back side of the mount.