Alternator Rebuild Part 4

Today we continue my gripping series on rebuilding an alternator from a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair. At last we left off I had opened the alternator itself to reveal the guts of the alternator I had to further spray with degreaser to remove the rest of the 40 plus years grime and sitting in the salvage yard. I removed the stator from the rear housing by just prying a little from the casining and unscrewing the stator leads from the three diodes.

Stator.

This was not before I took pictures and notes so I can have a reference for when I finally put it back together. I then removed the heatsink.

Heatsink before removing diodes.

I removed the individual diodes from the heatsink and rear housing by using a handpress was fairly simple. (Watch one of my errors is coming up) I removed the capacitor also. Remember I was planning on replacing everything anyway. Then came the rear housing bearing. (Here it comes...) Using a press I tried to remove the rear bearing when I hear....Craack! Upon further inspection I had cracked the rear housing rendering it useless. Needless to say I was a bit ticked at myself. I had set it up wrong with the wrong tools to begin with. If anyone has any tips on removing these bearings please let me know. Now I turn my attention the rotor, pulley and front housing. The pulley nut being on since the Johnson Administration wasn't coming of easy. From research on how to remove most recommend using an impact wrench and rear housing. Great.. Which unfortunately is not in my arsenal of tools. So now I'm in the market for an impact wrench. That's about all for today. Next I'll cover testing the rotor and stator and my hunt for an impact wrench. Thanks for coming by.