## Charging System

#### Alternator Overhaul (cont'd)

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7. If you are not replacing the front bearing and/or rear bearing, go to step 15. Clamp the rotor in a soft-jawed vice, then remove the pulley locknut.

8. Remove the rotor using a puller as shown.

9. Inspect the rotor shaft for galling, and inspect the bearing journal surface in the drive-end housing for seizure marks.

- If either the rotor or drive-end housing is damaged, replace the alternator.
- If both the rotor and the drive-end housing are OK, go to step 10.

10. Remove the rear bearing using the puller as shown.

11. Use a hand press to install the new rear bearing. Apply pressure only on the inner race to avoid damaging the bearing.