"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
06/25/2020 at 21:25 • Filed to: None
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"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
06/25/2020 at 21:25 • Filed to: None | 1
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This is the bottom mounting bolt for the alternator on the miata. Here I thought it was gonna be an easy out with the old and in with the new. But this bolt is FUBAR so I gotta wait on more parts to get the miata back on the road. I had the old one out in 20 minutes and spent an hour struggling with a bolt that would not go in. Now at least I know why it wouldn’t go in..
For reference of one that isn’t broken see here:
Good thing I like this car.
The Snowman
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
06/25/2020 at 21:36 |
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Might be able to get a close enough bolt from Fastenal or a similar hardware place
Aremmes
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
06/25/2020 at 21:39 |
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Dude, that looks like it got very intimate with the ugga dugga.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> The Snowman
06/25/2020 at 21:51 |
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Yeah I figured I’d have to wait and just order one. But I might as well check the store and see if I can get something
AestheticsInMotion
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
06/25/2020 at 21:56 |
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I hate every single bolt used in the general alternator/belt tensioner area. They're all weird sizes and strip if you look at 'em
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> AestheticsInMotion
06/25/2020 at 22:17 |
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All three bolts were broken on this car somehow. I never had that problem on my other miata. Just shoddy mechanicary going on was my guess..
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
> Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
06/26/2020 at 09:39 |
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I have a feeling the threads that bolt go into are pretty fuckered up too.
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Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)
> AMGtech - now with more recalls!
06/26/2020 at 19:41 |
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Yup certainly are since that bolt still somehow threads into the old alternator. I have replaced that so it'll all be new now.