Re: issues with non-stock alternators

["scottmueller002981" <scott.a.mueller@xxxx>]

--- In DMCForum@xxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> I have had problems getting the belt on my DeLorean to line up 
properly with
> the alternator pulley. My car came with a Ducy alternator, and the 
pulley
> for this lines up perfectly. I currently have installed an OEM 
Motorola
> alternator that came from a parts car, and the pulley on this 
alternator
> also lines up perfectly. The problem that I am having is with ALL 
non-OEM
> alternators. It seems that only the OEM alternators have the proper
> distance between the housing and the pulley. I have two of John 
Hervey's
> alternators -- a 140 amp & a 150 amp, a Cadillac alternator that was
> previously fitted to someone else's DeLorean as well as a few other 
GM
> alternators that I made brackets to fit the DeLorean PRV. The 
issue with
> these alternators is that the pulley sits about 4mm closer to the
> alternator's housing than the OEM configuration. This isn't 
obvious from
> casual observation, but if you look close, you will see that the 
belt isn't
> quite straight. It isn't a big problem, but one of concern just 
the same
> because if left alone the belt may wear prematurely. Has anyone 
else
> noticed this problem?
> 
> Walt Tampa, FL

Walt, Can you use washers as spacers to move the alternator relative 
to the engine block?

I have an after-market GM Alternator and have not noticed any mis-
alignment.

Scott
002981