What your Maxima alternator brushes look like at 190K..




what new brushes look like

 

new brushes look like this...

 

 

Here is where i stopped and am stumped--how to i get the rest of the parts out..better to sleep on it than to break anything

 

My moms friend promised to teach me how to rebuild alternators like 2 years ago in exchange for me doing some work on his Mercury Grand Mistake... I think I will remind him that there is some unfinished business between us. Thanks for the reminder lol

 

good post on these alternators

 

Take pics from any angle, I rebuilt alternators in school but havent had a max's in my hands yet.

 

Not too bad considering it has 190K..

 

Its been a long time since I bothered rebuilding, instead of replacing, an alternator but my experince with other motors suggests that the stator windings are just "laquered" into the housing and just need to be pressed out... gently.
The exploded view in the FSM seems to confirm this, there is nothing special holding the stator into the housing. Perhaps some penetrating oil would help to break any corrosive grip the housing might have on the stator.

 

Heat gun did the trick. Didnt use th torch, wanted to be careful.

Apply heat to the alternator case and it expands. The stator and brush asssembly pop right out.

NOT OUT of the woods. Have to put it back together.

Paint marks are for alignment

 

I want to know how to slightly bump up the voltage on these. A DIY write up would be nice.

 

I think this is a function of the voltage regulator.

Are you sure you dont mean amps? Thats a function of the alternator design also.

 

**** both would be nice! up say 1 or .5 volts and 20 amps!!!

 

really precise paint marks lol! I think i saw a video on how to do it on youtube btw

 

i used white out. usually i try to be neat