2006 LJ top alternator bolt sticking

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Have a co-worker with a 2006 LJ.

We're replacing the alternator and the top bolt will back about 1/3 f the way out and then gets tighter...to the point of I will break it if I try harder.

Anyone else heard of this issue? Alt bracket is aluminum and of course it's a steel bolt.

We're lubed the daylights out of it and even iced the area down and nada.

 

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And we got it.

Took some threads out of the bracket but it's fixed now. Just need a longer bolt to put a nut on the back side.