Alternators - PRESTOLITE: Overhaul: Disassembly
- Remove brush mounting screws and cover, tip brush assembly away from alternator and remove assembly. Remove brushes by taking out retaining screws.
- Mark rear housing, stator, and drive end housing to ensure correct reassembly, remove four retaining screws, tap stator and rear housing lightly with soft hammer, separate stator and rear housing assembly from drive end housing. If diode replacement or stator service required, unsolder stator leads from diodes (see Diode Replacement for procedure), separate stator from end housing. Disassemble terminal screwsCAUTION: (Note arrangement of insulators and washers to ensure correct reassembly)
and separate positive heat sink from end housing.
- If front bearing replacement or rotor service required, use suitable puller to remove pulley, remove fan, woodruff key, and spacer. Use suitable puller (Snap-On No. CG-253) to remove front housing from rotor shaft. Remove bearing retainer ring and press bearing out of front housing.