Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Bill Putney wrote:
>
>
>>>ask him to be more specific about what's gone bad in the alternator.
>>>I'm betting he gave the alternator a spin when he removed the belt to
>>>replace the water pump, and felt a rough bearing.
>
>
>>Smitty posted a little earlier that both old and new alternators load
>>tested at 11V - so it sounds like something else is going on external to
>>the alternator.
>
>
> 1) The load test results say nothing about the condition of the bearings.
> 2) It's entirely possible the load test was not done correctly.

But...if the load test is correct, then there's no reason to assume it's
the bearings. But we're both speculating about something we can't prove.

Bill Putney
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