I am in the process of examining my charging system and noticed the alternator was a bit wobbly on its bracket. Visual inspection showed that the lower mounting bolt was not tightened down. I went to tighten it and the nut on the back of the mounting bracket just spins.
There is NO clearance for a socket back there, and there is not enough of the nut showing to grab it with an open ended wrench. Not sure how I'm supposed to latch onto this nut to keep it from spinning. I thought I'd try wedging a spanner in there to keep the nut from spinning but that did not really work well.
Any ideas for getting to this nut? Its strange that it would be engineered this way. If its that tight in there it should be a captive bolt or welded to the mounting bracket. Here's a photo showing what I'm talking about. You can see how far the bolt needs to get tightened (1/4" or so).
Any ideas? I suspect I'd have the same problem if I actually wanted to REMOVE the alternator.
There is NO clearance for a socket back there, and there is not enough of the nut showing to grab it with an open ended wrench. Not sure how I'm supposed to latch onto this nut to keep it from spinning. I thought I'd try wedging a spanner in there to keep the nut from spinning but that did not really work well.
Any ideas for getting to this nut? Its strange that it would be engineered this way. If its that tight in there it should be a captive bolt or welded to the mounting bracket. Here's a photo showing what I'm talking about. You can see how far the bolt needs to get tightened (1/4" or so).
Any ideas? I suspect I'd have the same problem if I actually wanted to REMOVE the alternator.
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