Help installing alternator
#1
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2010 E350 CGI S212 // 2004 SL500 R230
Help installing alternator
Hi Team..
Hope you are all doing well.. and not totally freaking out a possible end of the world and enjoying the lovely marque that is MB!
I have been trying to re-install the alternator in my S212 E350 CGI and seem to have hit a snag...In the following photo (Ripped from Marks thread below)...
Perhaps I need to tighten all four in a round robin style?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Credit: @markgm https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...irections.html
Hope you are all doing well.. and not totally freaking out a possible end of the world and enjoying the lovely marque that is MB!
I have been trying to re-install the alternator in my S212 E350 CGI and seem to have hit a snag...In the following photo (Ripped from Marks thread below)...
- The problem is that the alternator at point A and what would be D are not sitting flush with the engine, meaning there is a slight gap between engine and alternator
- Points B and C are flush, with no gap
- The result is that the alternator pulley is at an angle, not good.
- The reason that there is a gap at one side is that the bolts were literally as tight as could be and at one point I started to hear creaking when tightening..which I fear was a stripping thread or hopefully not cracking aluminium.
Perhaps I need to tighten all four in a round robin style?
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Credit: @markgm https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...irections.html
#2
I am just giving you some things to think about:
1. You say there are 4 bolts, are they all the same length? If not, do you have the bolts reversed? The bolts in the picture look too long to me.
2. If they are all the same length, are you missing some spacers that were remove originally?
Just my thoughts.
1. You say there are 4 bolts, are they all the same length? If not, do you have the bolts reversed? The bolts in the picture look too long to me.
2. If they are all the same length, are you missing some spacers that were remove originally?
Just my thoughts.
#3
Was there any Loctite used on those bolts previously? Maybe it was replaced once before and they used Loctite. If so, you need to run those bolts in and out of the hole before trying to mount the alternator to clean them out.
Just a thought.
Just a thought.