Preventative maintenance.

[black95]

Figured I better get proactive about replacing some components on the Cherokee, at 174,000, she's still spinning all the factory goodies under the hood. Since my alternator was still chugging along, I figured instead of spending 100-150 bucks on a reman unit, I'd just order a 28 dollar rebuild kit.... Because I'm cheap like that. Tearing into this thing, she didn't have much left in her, bearings were bad sloppy, and the brushes were almost worn back into the housing. Glad I tore into it

This is too easy, I don't think I'll be buying any more reman alternators....

 

[black95]

Man, what a difference. On the snow run night, my headlights would dim and the heater fan would slow down when I turned on the rear window defroster. This rebuild kit solved that, throwing out some juice now!

 

[Hoosier Daddy]

Nice. Did you use an OEM kit or aftermarket?

 

[black95]

I used a kit from triodiode on eBay. My Jeep has a Nippondenso alternator like a Toyota, and there are many variations. I emailed the guy and he got me the right kit. Seem like good quality parts, although the bearing are from China.

Thinking about trying one of his starter rebuild kits as well, but I need to do some more research. He doesn't sell the rebuild kits for the solenoid, but he does sell new solenoids. The starter kit also doesn't come with a new gear, so I need to see what the gear on mine looks like. Might be better off buying a reman starter unfortunately.

 

[Fitzgerald]

Cool. How many miles can you expect from a rebuilt alt?

 

[black95]

One million billion. Muh haha.

 

[Fitzgerald]

I like the idea of rebuilding stuff, but I've always had a mental block when it comes to cracking something open that's necessary to getting my big butt around. Probably stems back to all those things I took apart as a kid that never got put back together correctly.

 

[Pops]

That kind of work can be intimidating for some of us. But as you said it was too easy. Might be a good tech night option.

 

[karas]

Awesome. I like seeing this kind of stuff it's pretty inspiring.