Working from underneath, after unbolting, disconnecting, staring,
prying and getting covered with grease (this auto recently needed a new
oil pan as the drain bolt was stripped), I finally got the back? cover
off the alt.There's room for one eye and one hand under there. I then
spied the brush assembly I'd seen on websites. Didn't know what held it
in. I had to remove 2 screws to free up the brush assembly (one i
could see and didn't know if it held the brushes, the other I found
when the thing wouldn't let go on the other side. Afraid of stripping
the first screw and ending my quest it finally came out.
A diagram would've been helpful. Second one came out easy. Pulled the
brush assembly. Nope, camel hair they're not. Thick metallic
rectangles, spring loaded, and concave on the business end where they
must make contact with a shaft to exchange juice. Nope, I've never
taken apart an electric motor. I'll order the part and see if i can
slam this thing back together. Whether it works or not i will have
learned at least 3 things. One, if you work under a car yer gonna get
dirty, and two, if you stare at something long enough you can usually
figure it out while not necessarily avoiding eye strain. Then 3 the
most important. Persistence, the ability to focus on something long
after most people with good sense would've dropped. Wait! I already
knew both those things.