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Looks like the one I tried to changed on my Volvo...gave up and fitted a new alternator!
Volvos have a special tool if I recall correctly...one bit holds the pulley and then a torx bit unscrews it.....something like that.
Volvos have a special tool if I recall correctly...one bit holds the pulley and then a torx bit unscrews it.....something like that.
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This sort of thing, are you certain there isnt a Torx bolt at the bottom of the hole?
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Permits easy removal of freewheel pulley from alternator either on or off the vehicle. Insert allows alternator shaft to be held while the pulley retainer is removed with the key nut. Threaded Bar. Socket Bits: 1/2"Sq Drive; M10 x 110mm, M10 x 140mm.
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+1 ...That's like the tool I bought for my Volvo...I replaced the alternator but kept the old one intending to swap out the pulley.
Eventually when I got around to trying it turned out that the alternator pulley was not standard volvo...so instead of a torx there was a custom key required....gave up at that point!
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It's off a North American truck, not available in the UK. It has a dense stator called a hairpin stator, that, size for size, generates about 50% more amps than Bosch or Hella. Found it on a broken Yank car in scrap yard. Thought it'll be good for my winch.
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I have heard of these before, I would ask on Garage Journal
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If you look at the stator, the windings are carefully stacked one on top of the next with minimal gaps, which is what I assume generates the extra current.I have heard of these before, I would ask on Garage Journal
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I got the special tool - drop it into my workshop and I will take it off FOC.
If you not got tool - it "angry grinder time" - "egg shell" it off shaft bit by bit.
You done the hard work mate - removing whole alternator - normally we swap - overrun pulleys in situ!
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That's a kind and appreciated offer I may take up. But to double check, when you say you have the tool, I can't find where the tool attaches. Others in the thread are suggesting I need to hold the pulley or hope and impact gun can do it.
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It has a six sided hex on the pulley and yours looks like it got a "chewed up" torx point in the bearing shaft.
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Plus even with special tool - you got think about which way the threads run - to remove it.
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"Others in the thread are suggesting I need to hold the pulley or hope and impact gun can do it."
That is bit "dumb" and hex and outer of pulley is the same thing - what you gonna move...? By doin that...!
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Impact gun may "snatch" it of shaft thread - it may - but not often. Normally you need 12" and 18" breaker bars to release these.
Angry grinder your best bet - no special expensive tooling required!
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Haha so there was a small hex deep inside I hadn't noticed. The good old DeWalt ba-dum gun got it off though.
Now onto making a custom bracket to fit it to my buggy
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Its an excellent American Forum about what people do in the garage, loads of general info, tools, Vices, I use the Old Tool Box section as they have a lot of info on Beach Boxes.
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The whole alternator tuning subject has been an interesting read. These small alternators can be tuned to 350 amps but they become inefficient at idle, which is no good for my winching needs.
This one does 130 amps. It's slightly bigger than the original and is double the amps. 130 amps is the limit to what my four ribbed belt can handle anyway, so it's perfect for me.
