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DISCUSSION => Electrical => Topic started by: E30choa on March 29, 2010, 08:55:54 PM

Title: alternator regulator
Post by: E30choa on March 29, 2010, 08:55:54 PM

i need to replace my voltage regulator, does an one kno if i can buy the brushes by it self or well i have to replace the whole regulator??? please help car stranded and needing to fix allready, and does any one kno a good place to get the part depending what i need?

thanks, chris

Title: alternator regulator
Post by: ///m42 sport on March 30, 2010, 08:31:07 PM

http://www.m42club.com/forums/showthread.php?p=64325

quick search came up with this.

Yes replace voltage regulator

Title: alternator regulator
Post by: Ryann on March 30, 2010, 10:33:38 PM

The armature, which is where the brushes ride just inside the regulator opening, is trashed in the photos in the above link. If yours is grooved deeply like this you need to replace your alternator, or the armature will soon separate into pieces likely damaging your newly purchased regulator/brush assembly. I actually see this quite often with the Bosch alternators that the Thermo King refrigeration units I work on have in them.