I just bought a full rebuild kit for mine on ebay - I was tipped off to the seller by another member here - check out:
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had all wear parts, both bearings and electrics - very reasonableprice, goodquality.PoD"lugnut" wrote inmessagenews: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com...> On Wed, 13 Jun 200718:44:03 -0500, Peetie Wheatstraw> wrote:>>>>>WhenI start/run my 94 Tbird 4.6 (66k mi.), I hear a hi-pitched>>"Grrrrrrrrrrrrr",sorta grinding (but not loud) noise. So I place>>the male end of a long socketextension on the alt. housing, stick>>the female end in my ear, and I hear thesame sound and feel the>>vibrations.>>>>Alternator bearings? If so, rebuild thealt.??>>>> Thx,>> Peetie>>> If you are patient, that alternator is easilyrebuilt. the> small bearing at the rear is usually not instock at a parts> housbut, is usually the one that goes bad.