From: pwiegman@ix.netcom.com (Paul Wiegman)
Help!!!
The rear bolt holding the generator to the bracket on my 1957 TR3
loosened and dropped out. That put the tension on the front of the
bracket and instead of the bracket bolted to the engine breaking which
is often the case, the front assembly of the generator broke.
All the suppliers want to sell me a new generator.
Actually I'd say the front plate breaking is the common case. It sure
seems to happen a lot, anyway.
If you can't find one, try this:
Take the old plate and a scrap of 1/4 aluminium, and trace the shape
of the plate onto the aluminium. Measure the distance from the bearing
center to the center of the two mounting holes carefully, so you can
get them in the right place later. Then cut the flanges off the old
plate and file or machine it completely round. Cut a correctly-sized
hole in the aluminium sheet (cut small, file to size), press the old
front plate into the hole, secure with some allen setscrews. You can
slide the old plate within the hole to get exactly the correct spacing
between the back flange and the new front plate. Using the
measurements you made previously, drill the two mounting holes in the
aluminium. Finally cut the aluminium to the correct shape.
I fixed a broken generator this way in, um, 1974, when my total net
assets were a $150 TR3, an extra $10 for gas, and access to the high
school shop. It lasted till 1985 or so, when the armature finally wore
out.
-john
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