Can someone please give me the rundown on what I need to remove/undo/unbolt/getoutoftheway so that I can replace my alternator? I really have to get started on replacing it because I have to be at work in like 6 hours! Do I really have to take off the wheel and the cv axle or can I just undo the sway bar or what? Somebody give me a step by step of what I need to do. Please help!

 

How did the sway bar come in to play? :eh:

 

you dont have to remove the axle or the sway bar just loosen the 2 bolts and it should just come off, Ive an alternator before and i didnt have to remove the axle or swaybar

 

This is a pretty time consuming job with limited space to work with and it will not go very smooth if your trying to beat the clock. It's probably better if you drop the alternator out from the bottom. There's a lower mounting bracket that will a bitch to get to from the top.

I'll type out a rundown for you and maybe someone can add to it.

1. Disconnect the ground cable from the battery negative terminal. (Remember that the original radio has a coded theft protection system.)
2. Disconnect the alternator connector from the alternator.
3. Remove the terminal nut and the WHT wire from the B terminal.
4. Loosen the adjusting nut, then remove the mounting nut.
5. Remove the alternator belt from the pulley.
6. Remove the lower mounting bolt, then lift the alternator upward.
7. Remove the lower and upper mounting bracket bolts and the mounting brackets.
8. Remove the adjusting nut and upper mounting bolt, then lift out the alternator.
9. Install the alternator in the reverse order of removal.

Reconnect the battery ground cable.
Adjust the alternator belt tension after installation.

 

You love that Helms manual dont you

 

 

So you mean to tell me that I can take the alternator completely out from the bottom and replace it without removing anything else from the car? Because it sure as hell doesn't look like it's gonna clear the axle or the sway bar...What 2 bolts are you referring to, teg92?