Disco 300 TDI Alternator

It's quite easy to repair and the bearings are cheap so I suppose it depends if you've got the inclination and know how to do the repair or if you've got lots of dosh. :-)

I'd replace the bearing again. It's cheaper than a new alternator by a long shot. A point to note (for us in Australia at least) is that there are bearings... and there are bearings. General purpose bearings are just that - and don't last all that long in hostile/hot/high-load environments - we definitely don't use them in places like 300Tdi/V8 tensioners, for example.

There is a high temperature/load type bearing available here - it's obviously more expensive, but has a dramatically longer life.

I'd be looking into seeing if you can pick up something of that type.

("we" is British Off Road, Qld.)

cheers, Craig.

Have a look at a thread I started 'Alternators'; a short while ago ,,,wasn;t worth skimping, INHO ... ;)

Thanks all

I'll put it in the shed ( or Loft ) a while

"Matron" will do her nut , as usual , about me being a hoarder

If some one wants to swap it for another to rebuild for themselves that's not a problem

I got a brand new one from our local supplier for about £70.00 plus the dreaded

Again Thanks

DieSea

On or around Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:07:25 -0000, "Oily" enlightened us thusly:

...if the thing comes apart and the bearings come out of the casing, leaving the latter intact...