On Sun, 08 May 2016 18:45:44 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 08 May 2016 19:18:10 -0400, wrote:

If you walked into a motor rewinding shop with a consumer grade jig
saw motor they would laugh you out into the street.
These guys do big industrial motors that are worth their time. We did
have a shop in Ft Myers that rewound Delco alternator stators in their
spare time but only the most popular model and it was a swap out deal.

A friend has a van with tv and all the luxury stuff. To run all that
stuff, his alternator is a special high amperage model. His alternator
died, and he went to several auto parts stores. They said that it's a
special alternator and is not stocked. It could be special ordered for
around $170, (for a NEW alternator), and would take up to a week to get
it.

He took it to a motor rebuilding shop instead. It took them almost 2
weeks to finish it, because the front bearing had gone out and chewed up
the housing. So, they had to order a new front housing. When they
finished, it cost him about $240. He said that's the last time he will
take anything there....
You can be virtually guaranteed the $170 unit was also a rebuild. -
just one rebuilt on an assembly line of workers who knew nothing of
it's operation or constructiom beyond the "place part A inside part B"