Subject: Generator Bracket Question
Author: Prusnek
Date: Nov 15, 2004, 9:18 PM
Post ID: 1717890951
Keith:
The generator should be pretty solid, while you have the tank off you
should definitely take a few minutes and take the generator off to
inspect the bracket. I've seen them cracked on the bottom between a
mounting hole and the side; sometimes a bolt comes loose and strips out
the aluminum threads in the engine case, possibly from being overtorqued
by someone before it got to you; always be mindful when cranking down on
a bolt threaded into softer aluminum threads. In one instance a PO
broke off one of the bolts in the case and retapped the remains for a
smaller one, nice piece of bodge work.
I've welded another piece of steel over the complete bottom of the
inside of the bracket as a repair (doesn't change the tension
dimension), and have done the standard repair of helicoils (better yet,
Timesertshttp://www.timesert.com/) and replaced the bolts with
locktited studs with nylock nuts and star lockwashers to hold the
bracket down. You'll need an angle drill attachment to do this with the
engine in the frame, I can lend you one if you go that route..
John Prusnek
| Was checking the tension on the gen belt the other day and noticed that when I squeezed the belt, the front of the gen would move down a little. When I grab the gen as a whole and try to move it, it doesn't budge. The tank is off and I have looked at the gen bracket with gen in place and can see no evidence of a crack. Where do these brackets normally crack? Should I pull the gen and take a closer look or does the gen normally lean forward a bit when squeezing the belt? Keith Ruff Manahawkin, NJ |