I'm currently in the process of conducting my annual inspection and installing the SDS EM5 engine management hardware, and associated with that I needed to pull the flywheel to drill and tap it for trigger magnets. To pull the flywheel I need to loosen the alternator belt first, and as soon as I took a look at the alternator, before I even loosened the first bolt I knew something wasn't right. The belt angle was wrong and the alternator was obviously not hanging correctly, and as soon as I started to loosen the first bolt the problem was obvious.
And the bolt that was holding it also caught some wear, it was obviously working for some time. 560 hours since new, 193 hours since last annual, and I know I had the alternator off for that annual.
This is the short bracket and bolt that holds the Plane Power 60-amp alternator to the Skytech starter, I'll obviously need to order new examples of each, and thus the question here. Can anyone tell me the appropriate part numbers for these? I put in a question on the Plane Power website but do not have a response yet.
Sidenote - this is why we do GOOD annuals, and not just a paper exercise! If you don't put a wrench on the part before putting a checkmark on the paper, you didn't do anything worth doing.
And the bolt that was holding it also caught some wear, it was obviously working for some time. 560 hours since new, 193 hours since last annual, and I know I had the alternator off for that annual.
This is the short bracket and bolt that holds the Plane Power 60-amp alternator to the Skytech starter, I'll obviously need to order new examples of each, and thus the question here. Can anyone tell me the appropriate part numbers for these? I put in a question on the Plane Power website but do not have a response yet.
Sidenote - this is why we do GOOD annuals, and not just a paper exercise! If you don't put a wrench on the part before putting a checkmark on the paper, you didn't do anything worth doing.
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