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Alternator bracket for 2.25? lug?
- Thread starter rmartingt
- Start date
can't really help, but can advise that there is some variation out there. I made custom brackets (used the stock commonly available U bracket that bolts to case). I made a copy for a buddy installing the same denso alt on a wide deck and they wouldn't fit.
Also, that U bracket has 7/16 holes and the denso alt has 3/8. I used bronze spacers/inserts to tighten it up.
Larry
Also, that U bracket has 7/16 holes and the denso alt has 3/8. I used bronze spacers/inserts to tighten it up.
Larry
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Kent Ashton
Well Known Member
A bracket would be hard to bend up from one piece of flat stock and get the dimensions right. I have made them from two pieces of 1/4" mild steel angle. Drill them for the long mount bolt then cut the other legs of the angle to get the correct length and weld them together.
rmartingt
Well Known Member
I like that idea and I have the equipment... I'll just need to make a few test pieces to get my welding up to snuff! I'd imagine I could get a few out of just a foot or two of angle.
DavePlaneGrips
Well Known Member
I'm wondering the same thing with my non-standard alt. Figured I could bend one myself with some heat. Not sure how I feel about welding two angles together given the environment and importance of this thing.
Kent Ashton
Well Known Member
I fabricated and welded the alternator bracket out of steel I had in the scrap bin for my RV-10.
DavePlaneGrips
Well Known Member
Yeah, I have thought the same about engine-mount tubes.
Heh. Fair enough.
