Alternator brush&ring lifetime tends be rated in amp-hours rather than miles so typically it's more like 50K city miles and 200K highway miles with the headlights off, maybe half that with the headlights on.
----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 9:35 AM Subject: Re: squeaky alternator - replace the bearing? In a message dated 3/16/2008 10:24:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If the alternator has 105K on it then its brushes and sliprings are also about worn out. ----- Original Message ----- Hmmm... I wonder about that, actually, as my original 1995 alternator now has about 202K miles on it and seems to be putting out the same voltage as when new. I wonder, though, if perhaps my charging system would work BETTER in some way if the brushes were replaced, or if the alternator itself was replaced. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms and advice on AOL Money & Finance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
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