Painted alternator

akiragost · Post by **akiragost** » Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:27 pm

So it seems someone's painted my alternator at some point, it is now flaking, is there any way I can get it to look clean? Sand down? Repaint? Scared of damaging the alternator

Post by **Merlin** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:55 am

You can remove the alternator and take it apart. The casing comes off so you can paint it without getting paint over all the internals.

akiragost · Post by **akiragost** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 5:45 pm

How much of a bitch is it to remove and put back on? Diy able??

Post by **Vtecmec** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 6:25 pm

akiragost wrote:How much of a bitch is it to remove and put back on? Diy able??

Ish, I manged to bend the central shaft the first time I did it

. Second time around I just cut small pieces of paper and slipped them under the 'grills' to mask the internals, much easier.

akiragost · Post by **akiragost** » Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:12 pm

Hmmm masking seems an easier task lol