Morris Minor Owners Club

fitted a alternator kit in march, in august it stopped charging i was sent a replacement late september after car had been lay-ed up i re started car and within a very short time the alternator seized solid i was sent another replacement and this lasted about a day before it started to rattle like a bag of marbles, when i was removed the last one i noticed the fan belt was out of line so i checked the misalignment and it was 5mm, after consulting the supplier i was told that i would have to pack out the next alternator to make the 2 pulleys line up i was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem regarding alignment problems as the supplier said he has sold over 200 alternator kit without a complaint.

The first one lasted well !I is really up to you to fit the part correctly ,in line and with the right tension .The motor factors have been very good to exchange so many

You will notice, that the dynamo top dynamo fixing, bolts behind the water pump, whereas the alternator bolts in front, copying the dynamo will give a misalignment, although the difference would be more than 5mm if this was the case.

I remember reading a topic regarding alternator misalignment and here it is.
http://www.mmoc.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f= ... nt#p440293

the alternator on my other minor has a much thicker pulley an doe's not require any adjustment, and it was from the same supplier.when i sent them a photo of it they didn't think they had supplied it to me,

You always need to carefully line up the pulleys....... I can't imagine anyone not doing so!