I need help getting the alternator out of a stock 91 crx. its all unbolted and is just sitting around in the engine bay. but i cant find a way to get it out.

Has anyone else had this problem?

Thanks

 

remove the lower alternator bracket mounted to the back of the motor and take it out...!!!

 

not to sure how much different the 91 is from a 90 which i have and the alternator just comes right out the bottom... i beleive theres a bolt on top that you take off which is on a bracket and the bottom one bolts to the trans/block and should come right out i just did alt belt and i had to loosen it but didnt take all the way out... hope this helps

 

it wont fit out of the bottom the alternator is to big to fit through the bottom or through the top the master cylinder, block, and wheel well is in the way do i need to take anything more apart to fit it through

 

 

how i did it was i lossened it, took bolts out, dropped it out and maneuvered it behind the engine and out the passenger side. i had to disconnect a heater hose and take off the intake arm and box and it came right out. hope this helps

 

If your saying you got it unbolted but you just cant get it out because theres not much room. You can slide it across the bay behind the engine, just slide it under the intake manifold and then out by the battery. Worked like a charm when I did mine

 

yep all i had to do was slide it out to the passenger side and it came right out thanks guys

 

Either take it out from the bottom, by removing the lower alternator bracket, or axle. Or take it out from the top, by loosening the master cylinder and moving it a little bit out of the way. You won't have to bleed the brakes either, some people think you do, as long as you don't crack open the system, you will be fine.

 

no problem dawg, now u know for next time

 

I just drop the whole engine when I gotta do those, lol jk. remove axel, clears up a little room.

 

or just slide it to the other side lmao. remove an axle trying to add more time lol

 

Wow @ some of the answers here, you certainly don't have to remove the axle.

I did one last fall, unbolted the alternator, then the lower bracket and slid it out of the drivers wheel wheel, easy!!

 

I find it easier to pop the axle out, rather then fighting with the lower bolt in the alternator bracket that you have no room to get to, plus most of the times will seize up. You don't have to remove the lower bracket either, if you take it out from the passenger side, but that way you have to bleed the coolant system because your loosening the heater hose.

More then one way to skin a cat, I can pop axles out in 5 minutes so its not a big deal.

 

Easiest way I've found by far! Take it out the top.........the M/C method.

 

personally, i just cut out my inner fender well and remove my fender, and pull it out the side.

 

All you have to do is jack up the drivers front wheel and it will pass by the axle then...

 

Not going to lie. the first time i pulled the alternator out of my 91 si... i had to step back and think for a few minutes! ROR! like the other guys said... you pull it out from underneath the car.

 

yup took like 30 minutes from out to store to back in

 

Nice! Took me almost an hour and a half just to get the bastard out. I still got to run to the parts store + find time to put it back in.

 

the fastest way (especially if u have a B anything) is to unbolt the master, move it to the side without taking the lines off, u can slip it right out..

 

most defiantly the easiest.