Thread: Broke down 100 miles from home

Anybody ever have the alternator bracket set bolt break on them? I'm driving home from the meet and all of a sudden my battery/alt light comes on, and I'm at exit 11 on the NJTP. I'm like noooo! Well to make a long story short the bolt threads broke off in the alternator so no way to tighten the belt (which caused the bat/brake light). Well I was blessed to find a bolt in my trunk to rig this baby and get it just tight enough to drive. If this ever happens to you remember you can do this, it got me home
The bolt attaches through these

I used this, I just proped the alt up as far as I could and tightened the bolt beneath it holding it up just high enough to get enough tension.

Where did that bolt and nut come from and why was it in my trunk I'm a genius FTW!!!

I have had this before. I usually replace that bolt or at least inspect when I do a alternator. The threads stretch for being over tightened then it breaks. It also happens if the pivot bolt is missing from the alternator. I have been lucky it always happens when I am changing the alternator.

funny cause this happened to marsh last night to

Oh snap really? **** I'm gonna buy new bolts this week...

Bad enough I was tearing alternator belts up! Now that I fixed that, I have to worry about the bolt itself snapping...

I snapped both PS and Alt bolts on the p10 a few months ago . Luckily Mark pulled through and had some handy. Our cars are getting old guys.

Tell me about it. You missed the tranny bracket practically chillin' all by itself on my whip, Rob Only the 17mm bolt was securing the bracket to anything else. Two sheared bolts and the short one just walked itself right off the trans housing.

been there done that had to replace the lsd cover.

Dam!! I think I will take a broken Alternator bolt over that.

I hope I don't have to do this

From what we could tell, the housing isn't cracked or anything, so when I drop the trans we'll find out for sure. I need to replace the PS axle seal too, yay me.

I had the bolt that holds the altenator come undone and alternator fell off but joel thank god for the extra bolt thats y its nice to store just ramdon things in the trunk