schmels3
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- Houston, TX
Holy crap! Tonight I just burnt up my 4th alternator in the 3,000 miles I've owned my heep. I sure am glad that i'll be replacing this one and the last one at autozones expence (the lifetime warranty was definitely worth the $5 difference). I guess I do have a question, do you think that mud is really the cause of this? On the last one, I found all the ball bearings at the rear of the shaft out of place and completely worn (haven't taken this one out yet). Has anybody came up with anything to prevent this, jeep really shouldn't have put it down there even though they run better when in cooler air but I thought jeeps were designed with the off roader in mind. This is my daily driver and weekend off road warrior so I really need a solution to my problem that doesn't involve some ridiculous way of moving it to the top of the engine bay (unless there's an easy way to do it). It seems as if every time I burn one up, it's within a week or so of pretty decent mud exposure, but is it possible that it's anything else besides mud? I am starting to question whether or not it can make a 1300 mile trip under heavy load when moving back to the great state of Minnesota come September 18. Thanks in advance for your replys.
schmels3
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