has anyone ever had a prob. with their top alernator bolt breaking. i have replaced mine like 6 times and i am getting tired of it. I was wondering if anyone had any advise on things that i could do different or something? The car is a 94 accord ex.



Modified by Hobbs94 at 6:38 AM 3/20/2008

 

bump so no one has ever had or heard of anything like this i am getting tired of replacing this bolt.

 

mine broke... i was actually driving around without one for the longest time

 

Are you replacing it with a certified one?

Or just a bolt that fits from Lowe's/ hardware store.

 

which bolt? A mounting bolt or the adjusting bolt?

I broke an adjusting bolt by accident once on a 94 EX but never had a problem with a mounting bolt.

 

i broke my PS adjusting bolt
because I OVER TORQUE it

do it carefully & it'd be fine

 

well the first one that broke was from a junkyard out of another accord but then i bought 2 from honda and they both broke this last one was a grade 8 bolt from napa. it lasted about 6 months and i started the car up last night the belt was squeeling popped the hood and their it was hanging half way out with the other end still threaded in the bracket. If you are looking at the motor from the front it is the long one that runs through the top of the alternator. The mount doesn't appear to be bent or missaligned.

 

how tight do you have the belt?

 

I broke the top one. I could not get the broken one out so I just run the car with two bolts.

 

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OOPS... thats what I meant. Not the alternator. Disregard my previous post

 

well i went to napa and got another grade 8 bolt honda didn't have any in stock i will see how long this one last. I don't think the belt is to tight its got about 1/4 of deflection at its longest point