Alternator Problems

[Lucky_lefty]

My pulley seized up and started smoking, I barely made it home. Is it easy to do? At least I think its my alternator. its the pulley right underneath the airbox. on the drivers side on the 1st gen.

 

[SAKS]

From the quick change out on the two I know of at nXm2 this year it can be done fairly easily. 1.5-2 hr job. Yes under the airbox driver side

 

[TKDx00]

I have not seen a how-to thread on the alternator. However, it's a pretty straight forward swap. Especially if you swap out the same type. When I did mine I upgraded to a Quest alt so I had to do a little alteration to the new alternator. But you go in thru the D/S wheel. Loosen the tighting bolt, remove the belt. Remove the bolts that holds it on. Remove the 3 wires. Reverse the process install. You don't have to remove the tire but it gives you more room if you do. At least this is what I did, others may have done it differently. Good luck.

 

[Roadwarrior]

If you put a quest alternator on, get a new ground bolt for it. The Xterra bolt is not the same, but Mirage and I found an engine bolt that was the same, took my install a little while longer because of it.

 

[Lucky_lefty]

I found out its the ac compressor, and I am seeing that its just a compressor to idle pulley so I can just cut it and disable it. I havent had AC for a while so I wont be missing anything.

 

[Muadeeb]

Well, there goes about $400 (compressor, refrigerant, proper draining, etc). I've done it so let me know if you need any pointers.

 

[Lucky_lefty]

ok but I havent had ac for 3 years, I am thinking of cutting the belt but I am not sure about the main pulleys that are beneath the fan. I think and it looks like it is the main pulley that would spin it, I have 3 belts and this is just to the ac, idler and one of the big ones that is on the bottom.

 

[TKDx00]

I haven't had AC for 6 yrs. I removed the belt and compressor. But then again I live up here where it doesn't get very hot in the summer.

 

[midget]

If you ditch the ac compressor you could in theory remount the alternator up that 6" higher. I was thinking about it after I replaced the last one and kinda eyeballed everything and I dont think it would be to bad of a swap. Alot of jeep guys do a similar mod on the Cherokees, which have a similarly retarded low alternator. Just a thought though.