Can't get the Alternator out....
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Can't get the Alternator out....
Hey this is my first post, So I hope I put it in the correct section and everything...
Anyway, I have been working on getting the alternator off with my neighbor and we got all the bolts off and it is completly loose. I just can't get it out of the car. There seems to be something blocking it from coming up and out, and/or down and out.
Can anyone help?
Oh yeah, it's a 92 jeep cherokee Laredo.
Anyway, I have been working on getting the alternator off with my neighbor and we got all the bolts off and it is completly loose. I just can't get it out of the car. There seems to be something blocking it from coming up and out, and/or down and out.
Can anyone help?
Oh yeah, it's a 92 jeep cherokee Laredo.
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From: Chadbourn, NC
Year: 88, 89, 93 & 99
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Remove the fan (4 10mm bolts if I remember right) and pull the alt out from the bottom.
Assuming this is a 4.0....
Assuming this is a 4.0....
Last edited by HighRoller; Jan 23, 2011 at 05:45 PM.
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Yeah it is a 4.0. That is what I was thinking, my neighbor just says he doesnt like messing with fans. But if that's what needs to be done than we will figure something out. Thanks highroller.
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From: Raleigh NC
Year: 99
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when i pulled mine i took the battery and the battery box out and then just pull it up from the top you may have to push on the A/C lines a little but it wont hurt them and it goes back in alot easier then it comes out lol
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I noticed that if I pulled from the top it seemed like it would budge, I just did not want to mess up that A/C line. I will try that first. Thanks!
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From: Sioux Falls, SD
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I put a 2 foot piece of 2x4 under the oil pan and carefully lifted the engine an inch or so with a small floor jack. Alternator was able to be squeezed around the frame rail then. 
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yes their are two 14 or 15mm bolts on the side of the bracket and then two kinda bolt and nut combination screws to take out ( these are on the front of the alternator where you took a metal kinda "L" shaped peace off
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it's not that hard, unless mine's just easy.
it takes a bit of finniking, kinda like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, but with patience, it has always worked for me.
just keep turning it and it should just drop out the bottom.
it takes a bit of finniking, kinda like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole, but with patience, it has always worked for me.
just keep turning it and it should just drop out the bottom.
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