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On 19 Aug 2003 at 18:30, Greg Merritt wrote: > What does a mechanically-failing generator sound like? How > does its noise change with rpms? Because of the belt tension, the pulley end bearing is always the one to fail first. You can use the screwdriver to listen to both ends of the generator and compare the noise. It's usually pretty obvious when one is going bad: They just tend to growl more than whine. Listen to your own first, as a comparison. > I grabbed the gen. & crank pulleys in turn, and tried to make > them wiggle in the directions they're not supposed to wiggle, but > they seemd solid. They'll never get bad enough to feel this way. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org