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Hello, first time inside an alternator, brushes are not that worn out,deepestbrush insidehas been worn down by 4 mm. topbrush has been worndown 3mm. The brush that was worn down the mostwas stuck deeper insideits holder (sticky)when alternator was split apart, but this is the one that has been wore down the most of the two:shock:.Maybe I will change brushes but only based on the fact that in the book it says to replace in pairs, so maybe it is perfered to have the brushes the same length. It is tempting to leave brushes in their because there is 11 and 12 mm to the wear mark and 84,000kms on my 1500.I will be changing the rear bearing. For future info, maybe tomorrow?Could I spray some electrical cleaner of some kind in there and liberally to clean out brush holder to facilitate smooth movement of brushes. The slip rings are within service limit. Again maybe tomorrow wife will give me some money and I will run down to a alternator shop and they can replace brushes and rear bearing for this junior mechanic, I am an operator by nature.Decisions without experience, I do not usually listen to my wife but you guys mmmmmm, :clapper:that is different.
Hello, first time inside an alternator, brushes are not that worn out,deepestbrush insidehas been worn down by 4 mm. topbrush has been worndown 3mm. The brush that was worn down the mostwas stuck deeper insideits holder (sticky)when alternator was split apart, but this is the one that has been wore down the most of the two:shock:.Maybe I will change brushes but only based on the fact that in the book it says to replace in pairs, so maybe it is perfered to have the brushes the same length. It is tempting to leave brushes in their because there is 11 and 12 mm to the wear mark and 84,000kms on my 1500.I will be changing the rear bearing. For future info, maybe tomorrow?Could I spray some electrical cleaner of some kind in there and liberally to clean out brush holder to facilitate smooth movement of brushes. The slip rings are within service limit. Again maybe tomorrow wife will give me some money and I will run down to a alternator shop and they can replace brushes and rear bearing for this junior mechanic, I am an operator by nature.Decisions without experience, I do not usually listen to my wife but you guys mmmmmm, :clapper:that is different.